[rescue] Okay, I give up (RS/6000 console cable)

[Sridhar the POWERful]

On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> > Not necessarily.  That machine has a PowerPC 601 Local Bus slot for video.
>
> would it be able to use an MCA video card in place of the local bus slot card?

I have no idea if it would work.  I would guess that probably yes, but one
can't be sure.

> > Actually, PS/2 keyboards aren't supported in AIX < 4.0.  The RS/6000
> > keyboard isn't the same thing as the PS/2 keyboard.  The RS/6000 keyboard
> > has an embedded speaker.  But yes, IBM came up with the idea of the PS/2
> > keyboard for the IBM PS/2.
>
> figures. :)
>
> so if i were to put something less than 4.x on my RS/6000 it wouldn't be able
> to use the keyboard?  good thing i don't plan to do that. :)

You could always use one of the pile of several hundred RS/6000 keyboards
I have sitting in Wayne's warehouse.

Peace...  Sridhar