Where can I find a USB-to-9-pin adapter?

Life Technology
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I was going to post this in the Where Can I Find forum, but I figure I might get a quicker response from you folks over here :slight_smile:

I’d like to attach a mouse to a computer which apparently uses a 9-pin serial port

Can anyone direct me to a place where I can buy this kind of adapter?

Something like these:
ambientweather.com/cousbto9sead.html
or

usbgear.com/USBG-232.html
or

usbgear.com/USBG-232MINI.html
or

shopnow123.safeshopper.com/2/279.htm?705

If I want to connect a mouse, though, I think I will probably want a gender bender to attach it to one of these cables

Have you seen these in Guang Hua? Can you recommend any specific store or vendor/supplier?

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Those cables go the wrong way, they let you plug a serial device into a USB port.

Some (most ?) USB mice come with USB to PS2 converters (I have a couple lieing around the place I think). Why doesn’t this computer have a PS2 port ?

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I don’t know the reason for this. I think the computers I’m refering to are workstations (not PCs) and the jack that is (apparently) for the mouse plugs into the keyboard. These jacks are 9-pin (DB-9?)

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Buy a USB mouse it’s like a couple of bucks! Why buy out of date technology, go forward man. If you have run out of USB ports just buy a USB hub.

If you are keen on getting all these old ports I’d suggest going for a usb port replicator to give you extra usb ports, serial, parallel etc, and all on the one device.

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Hi wyseau

The problem isn’t with the mouse, it’s with the port into the computer (the computer is a CT Scanner)

I want to plug in a USB mouse - the trick is to find the appropriate connector/adapter that will allow such a mouse to be used with the workstation

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USB to DB9 Female connectors might be hard to find, but you can always use USB to DB9 Male <-> DB9 Female to DB9 Female.

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cool. Can you recommend any place in particular where I can find them?