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Date:      Tue, 6 Jun 2000 11:05:36 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
To:        wonko@entropy.tmok.com
Cc:        bsdx@looksharp.net, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FW: Sun mice (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10006061103140.31894-100000@fmh.fw.eu.fulton.blink.com>
In-Reply-To: <200006061422.KAA00247@entropy.tmok.com>

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On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> Curt Sampson drunkenly mumbled...

> hmm, interesting, do you know off hand if Solaris supports serial mice (i know
> it used to when it was SunOS4 since the old sun3 hardware had serial mice)

Actually, the keyboard and mouse ports are still serial ports, at least
on the SS20:

    zs0 at obio0 slot 0 offset 0x100000 level 12 softpri 6
    zstty0 at zs0 channel 0 (console i/o)
    zstty1 at zs0 channel 1
    zs1 at obio0 slot 0 offset 0x0 level 12 softpri 6
    kbd0 at zs1 channel 0
    ms0 at zs1 channel 1

The connector just has a different shape. You can use a type-3 mouse
and keyboard on modern machines if you just build the right cable.

cjs
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Curt Sampson  <cjs@cynic.net>   917 532 4208   http://www.netbsd.org
  Human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes
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