[rescue] WANTED: Decent Sun Keyboard

R. Lonstein ross-sunhelp at lonsteins.com
Wed Feb 5 12:42:46 CST 2003


On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 04:00:47PM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 03:10:14PM -0600, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> > Are there any Sun-compatible keyboards that aren't complete mushy
> > dogshit?  Perhaps, something approaching even the tactile response of an
> > Omnikey?  I dare not hope for anything like my beloved Model M, but
> > these type 4 and type 6 keyboards are the pits. :(
> 
> Borrow my sun / ps2 keybaord adapter and use that model m.

That's the road I took. I have my favorite Type-M hooked to one of
those adapters at work and into the U1 under my desk. After remapping
the keyboard a bit with xmodmap I had just what I wanted... a good
keyboard and a properly positioned CTRL key.

- Ross


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