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Re: [PLUG] SPARC Question
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The SGI Indys I played with a couple of years ago had regular PS/2 Keyboard
and mouse connectors. The older SGIs used a setup like the old ADB Macs,
Mouse connects to keyboard to computer.
Tom
On Tuesday 07 January 2003 23:45, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> > On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, W. Chris Shank wrote:
> > > it's originally from a ultra sparc 5 - the keyboard has a ps/2 like
> > > connection and the 3 button mouse is ps/2 and plugs into the keyboard.
> > > i was able to use it on my sparc 4. it's basically brand new - hardly
> > > used at all.
>
> Ummm... fwiw, these are *not* PS/2. They happen to use a DIN-7 plug,
> as do SGI keyboards and mice, but the pinout is totally different,
> and plugging Sun and SGI peripherals together with PS/2 stuff is
> probably a good way to fry some hardware. At the least, the keyboard
> and mouse won't work on a PS/2 system, even if they're not
> permanently damaged.
>
> (I know that's not what's going on in this thread, just fair
> warning.)
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