From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Apr 27 20:01:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA15355 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 20:01:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA15350 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 1997 20:01:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA14313; Mon, 28 Apr 1997 12:31:05 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199704280301.MAA14313@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: sun type 5 keyboards (dream mode on) In-Reply-To: <199704280122.UAA08525@ksu.edu> from Joe Diehl at "Apr 27, 97 08:21:17 pm" To: joed@ksu.edu (Joe Diehl) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 12:31:05 +0930 (CST) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[