[geeks] SGI Keyboards and Mice

[Donald McClure]

On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 11:20  PM, vance at neurotica.com wrote:

>> The older machines use the same keyboards, but with different 
>> connecting
>> cables. My Crimson uses DB15, Personal Iris DB9, and Indigo Mini DIN6,
>> like an IBM PS/2 (but incompatible with that standard).
>
> How easy are the cables to replace?
>
> Peace...  Sridhar
>
The cables of the keyboards I have seen have plugs at both ends, so its 
simply a matter of soldering up new ones with parts from Radio Shack. 
Simple, that is, if you can solder. I can't and wrecked 4 miniDIN plugs 
adapting a Indigo keyboard to a Personal IRIS 4D/20 before I got it 
right. I found the wiring diagrams online somewhere.

Of course, the 4D/20 runs so slowly with Irix 5.3 that it wasn't really 
worth all the trouble.

donm

Don McClure							Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Bel Air, MD
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