Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Recently I was looking for an inexpensive way to use USB mice and keyboards with my retro computers.

I really needed a way to use a USB mouse and keyboard with a computer that had PS/2 (or XT keyboard style) mouse and keyboard ports.

I ended up finding @TheRasteri 's project known as HIDman. It supports USB mice and keyboards as input. Iit can support combo mouse and keyboard wireless dongles, and even USB game controllers!

It can also convert these inputs to PS/2 or XT style keyboard inputs, or PS/2 or serial mouse inputs!

I've gathered all of the parts to build one, so let's put one together!

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