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ADB-USB Wombat Input Converter, $49 - RAMd®d - 06-19-2019
ADB-USB Wombat Input Converter, $49
Now you can finally use a modern optical mouse with your vintage Macintosh, or amuse your coworkers with a retro ADB keyboard on your work machine. ADB-USB Wombat is an indispensable tool for Apple collectors and enthusiasts.
I know this will have very narrow appeal, as most of us have moved on from the ADB days. But I still have an Apple Extended II keyboard I really like and may just pop for the Wombat.
It can be used for using an ADB keyboard with a modern Mac, and according to the site, the other way round - a modern keyboard to an ADB Mac.
There's also a case available for $10 if one doesn't want to go bareback.
https://www.bigmessowires.com/usb-wombat/
Re: ADB-USB Wombat Input Converter, $49 - timg - 06-19-2019
weren't there adb to usb adapters back in the late 90's? I think I might still have one in a drawer somewhere.
Of course, I don't know that it works in reverse (hooking USB device to an ADB port)
Re: ADB-USB Wombat Input Converter, $49 - Forrest - 06-20-2019
The Giffin Technology iMate let you connect an ADB device to a USB computer. The iMate has been out of production for awhile.
https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard will let you connect an ADB keyboard to a USB computer with a Teensy or Arduino
The ADB-USB Wombat is bidirectional - ADB to USB or USB to ADB
Re: ADB-USB Wombat Input Converter, $49 - Buzz - 06-20-2019
Yummy.
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Re: ADB-USB Wombat Input Converter, $49 - raz - 06-20-2019
You can have my iMate when you pry it from my cold dead Apple ][ Extended Keyboard
Re: ADB-USB Wombat Input Converter, $49 - mattkime - 06-20-2019
cool stuff!
Re: ADB-USB Wombat Input Converter, $49 - S. Pupp - 06-20-2019
I like my Wombat. I got it with the case. It works flawlessly.
Re: ADB-USB Wombat Input Converter, $49 - N-OS X-tasy! - 06-20-2019
Forrest wrote:
The Giffin Technology iMate let you connect an ADB device to a USB computer. The iMate has been out of production for awhile.
I still have two of these -- the one I've used daily for nearly 20 years and a second purchased to use as backup if the first ever fails.
Re: ADB-USB Wombat Input Converter, $49 - Randalls - 06-20-2019
What are the odds that this would work with an ADB Wacom board?
Re: ADB-USB Wombat Input Converter, $49 - Forrest - 06-20-2019
From the Wombat comments:
'A digitizing pad probably won’t work, sorry. The Wombat can translate standard mouse and keyboard events from ADB to USB, but doesn’t know about other devices like tablets, joysticks, dongles, etc.'