Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 12:31:05 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: joed@ksu.edu (Joe Diehl) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sun type 5 keyboards (dream mode on) Message-ID: <199704280301.MAA14313@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199704280122.UAA08525@ksu.edu> from Joe Diehl at "Apr 27, 97 08:21:17 pm"
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Joe Diehl stands accused of saying: > > 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. > > 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? This was raised just a little while back. I believe someone might even be working on it. > I'm assuming this would be a best classified as a hack, and might be looking > at modification to the bootblocks and the kernel, as well as finding some > method of running the keyboard through the serial port... Unless of course > for some odd reason the keyboard port on a p/c can actually handle a > sun keyboard (but I'm kind of thinking it won't). No. Go look at the NetBSD/sparc port for more details, but basically you will need an RS-232 level converter, two serial ports and a source of power. Then you will have to write your own keyboard and mouse driver. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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