[rescue] Sun KB on PC

Michael Dombrowski legodude at hammycorp.com
Sun Feb 10 12:44:35 CST 2002


On 10 Feb 2002 at 12:01, rescue-request at sunhelp.org wrote:

> > The first match on google for "sun type 5 pc" was
> > http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/sunkbd.html which tells you how
> > to build your own adapter. They do link to Ultraspec but the link is
> > no longer valid.
> 
> That looks kinda nifty, but if you are going to throw a full blown
> computer into your keyboard adapter, you should at least program it to
> speak PS/2, I would think.  Maybe I'm way off base.  This kit doesn't
> seem to make the mouse work either.
> 

How many people on the list would be interested in something like 
this that does the mouse also for $50? Designing a serial-ps2 or 
serial-usb keyboard/mouse converter with an Atmel AVR chip would not 
be outside of my skill area.

Mike



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