[rescue] SGI/PS2 Keyboards/Mice?

[David Holland]

I'm reasonably certain the keyboard is good.  (It was good when I put it
away - I will admit I didn't try it last night, but I can't see a good
reason why it would of just "died" sitting down in the basement) 

I didn't see any keys that were stuck down either. 

The keyboard is a no-name however.  (Like I said $5.00 special from the
local computer mart. - I needed something for this "Thomas the Train"
childrens game one day)

Perhaps its just a smidge to cheap.   I'll keep that in mind when I'm
looking at keyboards/mice at CompUSA later today.

As for failure codes, where would you see those? All I'm seeing is
'failed' message during the power-on diagnostics. 

I don't claim to be a SGI HW(or anything else) expert.   I've not even
got disks plugged into the Octane at this point.  

Thanks, for everyone's input..

David


On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 09:11, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> David Holland <dholland at woh.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > Is there anything I should be aware of when I'm out looking around for a
> > new keyboard and mouse for this thing tomorrow?   Any reasonable guesses
> > why one would work, and the other not? 
> > 
> 
> I've never had a problem with any PS2 keyboards or mice.  At this moment, My
> Octane is comfortably using a Logitech Marble Mouse (4 button model).  It is
> using an SGI-logoed keyboard, but I have used all manner of keyboards, from
> generics, to Dell-logoed, to Compaq-logoed, IBM-logoed, and so on.
> 
> Does it give a specific failure code?  Does the same failure code occur if
> there's no keyboard plugged in?  At this point I suspect a bad keyboard, or
> a stuck key - unless you've tested teh keyboard and konw it's good.
> 
> I *have* seen poop from several sources on the internet that the "Windows"
> key will crash Irix.  I've never managed to duplicate that and so I can't
> confirm.
> 
> -- 
> Kurt                 " Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to flagellate 
> kurt at k-huhn.com        myself with a soldering iron."
>                                                    --Kris Kirby 
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