[rescue] Sun Type 5 Keyboard Question

[alex at lava-net.com]

Hi,
Thanks for the info.  I did some looking online and the cables are 
more readily available then I thought they would be.
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 
at 02:26:52PM -0700, James Birdsall wrote:
> alex at lava-net.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Scored an Ultra 10 at the swapfest today, though unfortunately I failed to 
>> get a cable for the type 5 keyboard.  The connecter looks like an Apple 
>> serial connecter.  Is this correct? Will a Mac serial cable work with this 
>> keyboard instead of the official sun cable? If not, does anyone have a 
>> cable they'd be willing to part with?
>>   
> I tried using Apple serial cables with a type-4 keyboard and the machine 
> didn't detect the keyboard at all. Rather than fooling around endlessly 
> trying to figure out what the difference was, I just bought a few 530-1442 
> official Sun cables. You can find them relatively cheaply on the net.
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