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

[Kurt Nowak]

If you have a type4 keyboard, and some time and patience, try taking the
keyboard apart and cleaning the copper contacts with some "Brass-O" or
something... Ive had several keyboards that seemed "dead" but came to life after
getting the tarnish off the copper.
As far as the cable goes...just test the continuity with an ohmmeter or
somthing..

-kurt

Eric Ozrelic wrote:

> Just for kicks, you made sure you plugged the keyboard cable into the
> keyboard port on the IPC, and NOT
> the audio, or serial port? I haven't owned an IPC in a long time and I'm not
> sure if the ports look similar. If
> your using a Type 5, or 4 keyboard then it will be pretty easy to get a new
> cable for it. If you using a Type
> 5c then you may have to purchase a new keyboard as the cable cannot be
> replaced easily. I would try a
> different keyboard, possibly a KNOWN working keyboard. I think if your using
> a type 5 or 6 keyboard
> on the sun 4c arch then it will give you an unknown keyboard error or
> something like that, but the keyboard
> in fact still works. I'm not sure on this one though. If you have any mac
> friends you can bum a PS/2 to DB
> style serial port cable from them, this will allow you to hook up to your
> computer. You may need a NULL
> modem cable as well. Hope this helps some, I know how fustrating it can be
> getting equipment to work
> when your a newbie.
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric Ozrelic
> aka ProjektSUN
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "chris Gnther" <madram at video.de>
> To: "MailingList SUN Help" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:50 AM
> Subject: [SunRescue] SUN IPC (again) seriell connection to PC
>
> > Hi again
> >
> > meanwhile you propably all hate me and my SUN IPC, but
> > I'm not willing to give up. I want this box working and
> > I don't care of what I can do with it.
> >
> > At the moment my situation is as follows:
> > I have a "new" SUN Monitor 16" color and when connected
> > to my SUN the first time it directly prooved that the
> > box is working properly. I've seen all this messages you
> > people told me about and I found myself at the prompt
> > (which I now know is the old mode)
> >
> > >
> >
> > My problem is that I could not do anything. I have
> > pressed nearly any key on my keyboard - and yes I started
> > with the n-key to get into "new-mode".
> >
> > 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 :-(
> >
> > Maybe anyone is still enthusiastic enough to help me out
> >
> >
> > chris
> >
> > +---------------------------------+
> > |             chris               |
> > | ------------------------------- |
> > |  database design & programming  |
> > |   agentur fiedler / video.de    |
> > |                                 |
> > |                 madram at video.de |
> > +---------------------------------+
>
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