A dual-standard mouse with a USB-PS2 adapter would work too, although I never tried. People who are not afraid of using a real Commodore 64 in 2009 tend not to experience shortage of real PS/2 mice.

The open source HIDman adapter debuts, for interfacing modern USB peripherals with old PCs by emulating classic PS/2 keyboards and mice.

Does an optical mouse lose its benefits if it is plugged into the PS2 port instead of USB? I have some vague memory that the ps2 port can only handle enough data for like 400 dpi or whatever the ...

When did you last buy a mouse? Did it have a little adapter in the box? There was a time when if you bought a USB mouse, in the box was also an adapter to allow it to be used with the older PS/2 in… ...

Not only does it allow you to use a PS/2 or USB keyboard and mouse, you can also hook up a PS2 light gun, a PS2 guitar, or a PS2 dancing mat, none of which are really supported on the Xbox 360 ...

To quote the (in)famous Ellen Feiss - "unnnngh?"<BR><BR>I've got a Logitech USB->PS/2 adapter on my desk that I was using just 2 days ago with a MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0.

Microsoft's solution for a USB mouse that might need to connect to a PS/2 port was to include an adapter in the box. The problem, according to Chen, is that "USB and PS/2 are completely different ...

This PS2 to USB adapter lets you use your PlayStation 2 game pads with your PC games. At about $17, it’s half the cost of a good PC game pad. (Frankly, we wish console […] ...

This adapter is just a physical adapter, and the actual protocol conversion is performed by the mouse itself, which can change its behavior according to the USB and PS/2 signals.

The pointer shipped with a then-standard PS/2 port but also worked with USB when using the included adapter. What you may not know is that this small, green adapter was purely a mechanical component.

I should also mention that these kinds of home-brew projects can run on the expensive side, as you’ll see with this useful $37 adapter that lets you use an ancient DB9 Apple mouse with a modern ...