[rescue] Sun keyboard on Mac

Thomas Steffen rescue at sunhelp.org
Thu Dec 20 02:21:09 CST 2001


Paul Phillips <paul at partitura.com> writes:

> Does anybody know if my Sun keyboard and mouse would work in my Mac G4
> or on an Intel box?  The connectors look the same, but I'm afraid to
> try it...

Really? USB is the same, of course, but the Mini-DIN connector is
*very* different.

With a small adapter, you can actually use a serial Sun keybord with
linux (linux-input patches). It connects to the serial port, of
course. 

The same should be possible for the Mac.  

		    Thomas <thomas.steffen at uni-bochum.de>
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