Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 08:45:18 -0700 (PDT) From: patl@Phoenix.volant.org To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: Joe Diehl <joed@ksu.edu>, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sun type 5 keyboards (dream mode on) Message-ID: <ML-3.3.862242318.4086.patl@asimov> In-Reply-To: <199704280301.MAA14313@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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> > 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
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