[SunRescue] Keyboard Substitute

Wed Apr 5 19:46:09 CDT 2000

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Hi!

I was hoping some one could answer a question.

It seems that lately in my various weekend travels through yard sales
etc. looking for old sun computers I have repeatedly run into the same
problem. I'm looking at a Sun machine a guy has for sale. He has the=20
unit with a drive & memory and he has a Sun monitor.  What they don't=20
have is the keyboard.

On the machines I'm looking for (IPX's LX's etc) lack of the keyboard=20
sends the video output to the serial port. Now unless I carry a laptop.
which I can't generally do. Is there a way to get around this?

Does any one know of a way to "trick" the unit into believing the =
keyboard=20
is there even when it isn't? Could you make a fake plug out of an old =
cable?

Thanks
Darryl

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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>I was hoping some one could answer a question.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>It seems that lately in my various weekend travels through yard =
sales</DIV>
<DIV>etc. looking for old sun computers I have repeatedly run into the=20
same</DIV>
<DIV>problem. I'm looking at a Sun machine a guy has for sale. He has =
the </DIV>
<DIV>unit with a drive & memory and he has a Sun monitor.  =
What=20
they don't </DIV>
<DIV>have is the keyboard.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>On the machines I'm looking for (IPX's LX's etc) lack of the =
keyboard=20
</DIV>
<DIV>sends the video output to the serial port. Now unless I carry a=20
laptop.</DIV>
<DIV>which I can't generally do. Is there a way to get around =
this?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Does any one know of a way to "trick" the unit into believing the =
keyboard=20
</DIV>
<DIV>is there even when it isn't? Could you make a fake plug out of an =
old=20
cable?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks</DIV>
<DIV>Darryl</DIV>
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