Re: [PLUG] SPARC Question (Ultra 5 keyboard options)

[Chris Hedemark <chris@yonderway.com>]

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On Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at 11:45 PM, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> 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.

For an Ultra 5 (at least *my* U5, anyway) you want a Sun Type 5 
keyboard/mouse.

Like Gabe said, PS/2 is baaaad.  Don't do it.  I don't even think it 
would fit without exerting excessive force.

Newer Suns are a different story.  They use USB keyboards so you can 
get PC keyboards to work on them.

Chris Hedemark .. Hillsborough, NC .. http://yonderway.com
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