Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 13:56:17 +0200 (MET DST) From: Christoph Haas <haas@willi.lion.de> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: FreeBSD-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: weird cable Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.970414134913.29999H-100000@willi> In-Reply-To: <199704141141.VAA27032@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > > 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) > > I'm not sure what baudrate, as the Sparc driver just reads whatever > the firmware, but its 8 bits, no parity, one stop bit as far as I can > tell. Great, thanks a bunch. And if you can tell me the pinout of the keyborad's mini DIN connector I'll invite you to a pint of Guiness (or whatever beer you prefer) ;-) > You'll want src/sys/arch/sparc/dev/kbd.c and zs.c, just FYI. Thanks, I think I've to visit ftp.netbsd.org in the next couple of hours. Christoph -- Christoph Haas o.tel.o GmbH | Never trust an operating UNIX Sysadmin Universitaetsstrasse 140| system you don't have the 44799 Bochum / Germany | sources for. mailto:haas@lion.de http://www.o-tel-o.de | http://www.freebsd.org
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