Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 11:01:27 +0900 (KST) From: grog@lemis.de To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Chat) Subject: Re: weird cable Message-ID: <199704150201.LAA00629@papillon.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199704141141.VAA27032@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Apr 14, 97 09:11:32 pm"
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Michael Smith writes: > Christoph Haas stands accused of saying: >> On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Michael Smith wrote: >> >>> If you want to _interface_ it, then you are going to have to write your >>> own keyboard interface driver, and you will need a logic/RS-232 level >>> inverter. >> >> So a SUN uses a simple RS232 interface to attach its keyboard ? > > Yup, like many sensible workstation vendors, a real, async serial > protocol. None of this clocked bidirectional two-wire sync crap 8) Wouldn't this make it more appropriate to connect to a serial port, then? That way you'd save on the logic glue. Greg
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