21 Aug
2012
21 Aug
'12
6:18 a.m.
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012, Mouse wrote:
[top-posting and no-trimming damage repaired manually
-Mouse]
Yes that is exactly
the keyboard I have, it is a Large metal keyboard
with an RJ45 plug which connects via a cable to a DB15 adapter.
That's not it, then; the keyboards in question use plugs substantially
narrower than RJ45 (or more correctly 8P8C, since it's not RJ45 unless
you're putting POTS phone service on the middle pair). I think they
were 4P4C, but might have been 6P6C - or more likely 6P4C.
I'll assume your "RJ45" was just a (very loose) term for "modular
plug/jack of unspecified size", for purposes of this email.
^^^^^
This.
Most people will have no idea what an uphill battle it was to get this
corrected on Wikipedia. A small number of highly vocal people /really/
wanted to argue that these connectors should be called RJ45 and RJ11
instead of their industry names, 8P8C, 6P6C, 6P4C, 6P2C, etc. ...and don't
even get me started on the RJ22/RJ10 vs 4P4C mess (or RJ50 vs 10P10C)...
All in all it took -months- to get this stuff mostly corrected and get the
search redirects all put in place on Wikipedia. Alas, I think outside of
academia and technology circles, we are forever doomed to see modular
plugs and connectors referred to as RJ45 and RJ11.
Of course, then there are these little boogers which have 8 contacts like
an 8P8C, but have narrow body which allows them to be plugged into ether a
6PxC -or- 8P8C jack.
http://www.siemon.com/e-catalog/ECAT_GI_page.aspx?GI_ID=mpc_universal-modul…
Still, while these are far too expensive for bulk applications, the K plug
Is the Sun 2 Keyboard a serial keyboard?
Depends on what you mean by "Sun 2 Keyboard". [description]
I'd call it a type 2. It's been a while, but as I recall, they had
a coiled cable with an RJ-style plug on the host end, [...] from Aines is still one of my favorite modular plugs:
http://www.aines.com/aines_products_cords.html
http://www.aines.com/kplug.pdf
I consider it a true shame that the plug patents from Siemon and Aines
prevent combining the two plug designs. A combination of those two design
ideas would make for the ultimate test-type modular plug since the 8P8C
version of the Aines K plug won't fit a 6P6C jack.