Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 00:30:17 -0500 (CDT) From: Christopher Casey <chriss@eece.ksu.edu> To: William Maddox <maddox@CS.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sun type 5 keyboards (dream mode on) Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970510002753.26515B-100000@wiz> In-Reply-To: <199704290316.UAA21912@madrone.CS.Berkeley.EDU>
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well joe(the originator of the message) has been awol from work for a while.. so i will put my two cents in.. the whole point about the type5 keyboards wasnt specifically the layout. its that they have a very unique feel to them. which is why we would like them at home as well as at work. oh well.. :) Chris Casey On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, William Maddox wrote: > > > A couple of keyboard companies make PC keyboards with the Sun type 5 > > layout. Unfortunately, I don't remember off hand which ones. But > > you should be able to find them if you dig through catalogs and grovel > > around the Web a bit. I'd start in the Yahoo Computing/Hardware page. > > You might also check the SunExpress Web page (you get to it through > > the Sun Web page.) > > My most recent NuData Workstation Express catalog lists a > "Sun/PC Universal Keyboard", no. DCA1905, for $140. It purports > to "combine the best features of a Sun type 3, 4, and 5 with a > PC 101 keyboard." The layout looks like the type 4 keyboard on > my SparcII with the extra PC cursor keys. The keyboard is supposed > to work on both PC's and Suns. Though it is not entirely clear, > the keyboard is apparently "Sun native" and requires a $20 adapter > cable for a PC/AT or PS/2 type connection. > > NuData: 1-800-844-5757 > > --Bill > > > >
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