[geeks] ADB to USB or ADB to PS/2 converters

[Ido Dubrawsky]

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I was under the impression that old-world macs (like the 7600 and the
8600's I have won't work headless...they had to have the ADB keyboard
attached.  Am I mistaken?

geeks-request at sunhelp.org wrote:

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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 15:53:23 -0400
From: velociraptor <velociraptor at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [geeks] ADB to USB or ADB to PS/2 converters
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On 9/8/05, Ido Dubrawsky <idubraws at dubrawsky.org> wrote:

> I realize I can get a B&W G3 off of ePay for less than $100 (and I will
> probably have to if I ever want to run Tiger),
> but this is a project I've been meaning to do for quite a while. And if
> I decide to upgrade to a G4 (although the
> processor I bought for this thing is G4 450MHz) PowerMac then I want to
> be able to use it with my other KVM in
> my network core in the basement (or run it headless). Either way I need
> something to get it to boot without completely relying on the Apple
> keyboard. Anyone have any ideas?

    If you do not need the console, you can just boot it without a head/
    keyboard.

    The other option might be ADB->PS/2->USB. ADB to PS2 was
    fairly common, as Belkin and others had adaptors for both Macs
    and Suns to use with their PS/2 KVMs. I don't know if this will
    work--I was planning to try omething similar with my Sparc 20,
    only using a Sun->PS/2->USB. I figured it was worth a test, as
    I had all the parts.

    Another alternative would be to put a USB card in the Mac. Macs
    "just work" with USB keyboards and mice under OS X (even with
    USB keyboards designed for PCs, though any odd-ball keys
    obviously will not work).

    Likewise, my MacAlly Mac USB keyboard works fine on my PC
    through a USB KVM..

    =Nadine=

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