[SunRescue] SUN IPC (again) seriell connection to PC

[Eric Ozrelic]

I would recommend buying one from eBay, looking through newsgroups, or just
asking
someone off the Sun Rescue list in your part of the world to send you one if
you pay
for S/H and perhaps a little carrot extra. Type 5 keyboards are really cheap
if you
get them used. I would not get one from Sun. You'd probably have to buy a
country kit and it will cost you much more. If you can't find one in your
area then
I can ship you one, but I'd rather not as I'm in the US.

Regards,

Eric Ozrelic
aka ProjektSUN


----- Original Message -----
From: "chris Gunther" <madram at video.de>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 1:39 AM
Subject: AW: [SunRescue] SUN IPC (again) seriell connection to PC


> Where can I buy such a keyboard - I suppose I can't go to
> "VOBIS" and say "Hey guys I need a type 5 keyboard" ;-)))
>
> LOL - suppose have to buy it from SUN directly, do I?
>
> chris
>
> +---------------------------------+
> |             chris               |
> | ------------------------------- |
> |  database design & programming  |
> |   agentur fiedler / video.de    |
> |                                 |
> |                 madram at video.de |
> +---------------------------------+
>
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]Im
> Auftrag von James Lockwood
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Juli 2000 10:08
> An: MailingList SUN Help
> Betreff: Re: [SunRescue] SUN IPC (again) seriell connection to PC
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, [iso-8859-1] chris G|nther wrote:
>
> > I then turned the SUN off again and checked the keyboard
> > cable - plugging in and out again. When I turned my SUN
> > on again all I could see was this little message saying
> > that no keyboard is connected to the SUN and that all
> > input output will be redirected to tty.
> > Fine I thougt so my cable is propably broken. But where
> > can I get a new one from?
> >
> > I tried to make a seriell connection to betwen my SUN and
> > my PC using the rest of my keyboard cable (for the plug)
> > and a normal 9 PIN but I could not completely figure out
> > which pin has to be connected to which :-(
>
> Sun keyboard cables are straight-through 8-pin mini-DIN.  If you can find
> straight through Macintosh serial cables that connect all pins (they're
> frequently labeled as "switchbox" cables) then they will work fine.
>
> Your keyboard may also be dying.  These are very cheap used, it may be
> useful to pick up a spare.
>
> -James
>
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