A ps2 keyboard convert USB simply using an adapter?

Toshiba, Win XP Pro, ps2 Mitsumi external laptop keyboard. I want to use this keyboard in addition to the internal keyboard. Will it work simply by using a USB adapter or do I have to do something else? My laptop has no PS/2 port.

Only if it has been designed for a.  The all-new (as still in its original packaging, but not really NEW) Mitsumi keyboards I've seen are designed according to DIN (aka AT) and sheets mini-DIN (aka PS/2) and do not come with an adapter.  They precede the widespread use of USB.  Later keyboards use the lower signal levels and are designed with adapters of connection to hot and passive in mind.

As above, most of the adapters are passive and only connect PS/2 cables to equivalent USB contacts.  What you really need is a PS/2 to USB converter that has an integrated circuit (IC) that makes active signal conversion, I know the IOGear GUC10KM ($19,95 USD MSRP) is such a device, but I've never used.  TigerDirect/CompUSA sells it for $15.99.

(No, I do not work for IOGear or TigerDirect/CompUSA.  "They have just the best deal today.)

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