# Using a USB keyboard keyboard with an older computer. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 18, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-usb-keyboard-keyboard-with-an-older-computer/208157 "2003-10-18T04:45:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-usb-keyboard-keyboard-with-an-older-computer/208157/1 "2003-10-18T04:45:42Z")
OK, first off, yes, I could just buy everything and find this out for myself, but that would be kind of spendy so I’m hoping I can get an answer for free 🙂 OK, I have an older computer (not this one) that has an AT keyboard connector. If I bought a USB keyboard with a USB port built in for a USB mouse, hooked the keyboard cable to a USB to PS/2 connector, then hooked that up to a PS/2 to AT connector and plugged it in to the computer, would Windows 98 be able to recognize the mouse plugged into the keyboard? ---
**Author:** ![Saranga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Saranga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saranga)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-usb-keyboard-keyboard-with-an-older-computer/208157/2 "2003-10-18T05:14:05Z")
Absolutely not. AT and PS/2 ports have no ability to chain devices like USB. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-usb-keyboard-keyboard-with-an-older-computer/208157/3 "2003-10-18T05:16:04Z")
OK, that’s what I thought, thanks.