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RE: [PLUG] SPARC Question
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Some Sparcs that I recently played with (Ultra 10 I believe) use a connector
which appears to be a PS/2 connector. It is as described, the mouse plugs
into the keyboard which is then plugged into the back of the machine.
When setting up XF86, you need to specify the mouse protocal to be
'busmouse' and the mouse port is /dev/mouse (but, I can't double check that
right now - they are on dynamic ip addresses and that building is locked for
the next 12 days).
-brad
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Sent: 1/8/03 11:41
Subject: Re: [PLUG] SPARC Question
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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