[SunRescue] PC Keyboards & Mice for Suns

[James Lockwood]

On 12 Feb 2001, Harry Regan wrote:

> I picked up an KVM switch this weekend with the hope of gaining back acres of
> desk space in my office.  The vision is to control the mess of machines I've
> got from one keyboard and monitor.  I hooked it up to the Windoze box, SCO box
> (don't ask), and Linux box with no problems.  But now, there are these two Sun
> boxes-- a Sparc 4 and a Classic.  The video is easy as the monitor can (and
> has) been used through a 13W3-to-vga adapter with these guys before.  Anybody
> got a recommendation and a good source for a keyboard and mouse adapter
> though? 

Sun sells their Interface Converter for $75 and it works very well:

http://store.sun.com/catalog/doc/BrowsePage.jhtml?catid=3948

Unless you're in the habit of using graphic heads on both systems I'd
recommend a serial console on at least one of them.


-James