From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Apr 28 08:46:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA20480 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 08:46:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phoenix.volant.org (phoenix.volant.org [205.179.79.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA20475 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 08:46:24 -0700 (PDT) From: patl@Phoenix.volant.org Received: from asimov.volant.org [205.179.79.65] by phoenix.volant.org with smtp (Exim 1.59 #1) id 0wLsd1-0003pL-00; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 08:46:11 -0700 Received: from localhost by asimov.volant.org (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id IAA09041; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 08:45:19 -0700 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 08:45:18 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: patl@Phoenix.volant.org Subject: Re: sun type 5 keyboards (dream mode on) To: Michael Smith cc: Joe Diehl , hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199704280301.MAA14313@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Okay, I'll admit my dream mode is on here... But I just got a new > > keyboard at work and it reminds me just how much I like these things. Personally, I preferred the type 4; but the type 5 (unix) layout is still better than the standard PC keyboards. > > I realize that at a technical level the sun type 5 keyboards work > > differantly than a regular PC keyboard, which would make this task easier > > said than done, but... What would it take to try to get a sun type 5 > > keyboard and mouse working on a FreeBSD workstation? A couple of keyboard companies make PC keyboards with the Sun type 5 layout. Unfortunately, I don't remember off hand which ones. But you should be able to find them if you dig through catalogs and grovel around the Web a bit. I'd start in the Yahoo Computing/Hardware page. You might also check the SunExpress Web page (you get to it through the Sun Web page.) -Pat