On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 09:09:12 PM Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 2/13/18, Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote: > > On 02/13/2018 04:00 PM, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > >> Does anyone have a MIDI-to-USB adapter they could recommend for Debian > >> and/or linux? > >> This is just for a point-to-point connection from a Yamaha keyboard to > >> a laptop. Software on the laptop remains undetermined, probably some > >> combination of Rhythmbox, CSound, Supercollider and god knows what > >> else. Thanks......Nick > > > > Look for a PS2 to USB adapter. I have one that allows me to plug an IBM > > model M keyboard into a Dell laptop, and it works perfectly. (No > > manufacturer's name on it--it just says > > "Made in China" like so much else these days. > > Newegg has them, too, in varying prices. Both male and female > directions on their various separate offerings. Am even looking at a > pic for a dual PS/2 funneled into one USB connection. > > How good they are, I don't know, but I've been using a 99 cent VGA to > DVI-I adapter for almost a year with no obvious ill effects...
I guess until somebody knows that what I described in a recent reply on this thread, with the addition of a PS2 to old computer keyboard connector, we should caution everybody not to try this.
