30 Nov
1998
30 Nov
'98
12:55 p.m.
On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Geoff Roberts wrote:
My 4100 does. Don't recall how many pins thought,
but a Honeywell AT
keyboard works fine, though a cheapy generic one did not. YMMV, since
it's a different model.
Ok. I was told he'd used a Fujitsu keyboard on it, and since I've got some
of those around, I'll just use one of those.
I believe it has the sync on the green channel.
The green connect is labelled "G/MONO" so I'd be inclined to agree with
you.
Data General Unix only. Virtually System 5 Release 4.
I at least knew that much. (: I was given a fat wodge of QIC tapes and
DG/UX 5.4R3 at least was included as well as some older versions and
possibly one newer.
I have the procedure for getting past the password
here somewhere.
I shouldn't need it, the box has no disk and I'll need to install from
scratch.
I have most of the Doc set for the current version of
DGUX as a result. ;^)
I was also shipped a fat wodge of docs in three ring binders. (:
I emailed Data General early in the piece, looking for
information, and got
NO response.
Not surprising; they're an Intel/NT shop now for the most part. q: How
boring.
is the same connector as on a Sun, but not sure if the
Sun mouse would
work or not, and I don't have one to try.
Outwardly they are identical. Both are Mouse Systems optical mice
(although the DG mouse doesn't say so). I dismantled the DG mouse and a
spare Sun type-4 mouse to make sure, but the electronics and signalaling
are wildly different. From cord conductor-count alone, I'd say the DG
mouse is quadrature and the Sun mouse is serial.
At first glance, it looked like a PS2 mouse port, but
the pinout is quite
different.
It is the same connector as on a Sun mouse, though.
ok
r.