[Sunhelp] Re: SunHELP digest, Vol 1 #624 - 21 msgs

[Tim Chong]

U can definitely use the Sun Type 6 USB mouse and keyboard on any Windows 9x
and Windows 2000 box...tried that when I was evaluating SunRay

Tim

> Message: 16
> From: patl at Phoenix.Volant.ORG
> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 17:27:24 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Sun Type 6 keyboards
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> 
> On 18-Oct-00 at 12:54, Greg (gonufer at yahoo.com) wrote:
>>> I like the
>>> style of the keyboard but obviously I can't use USB on a SPARCstation.
>> 
>> Just on the newer ones.  But you can use the non-USB Type 6 on the older
>> ones.
> 
> You might be able to use the USB keyboard/mouse on PCI-based systems.
> Most cheap PCI hub cards seem to be supported, at least under Solaris 8.
> (Let's hear it for standardization!)  The question would be whether your
> OpenBoot PROM and your OS are new enough to handle them.
> 
> 
> -Pat





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