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 -- 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 to make bears dance when we long to move the stars. --Gustave Flaubert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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