I'm in the process of bringing a Sun 3/80 back to life.
First - incredibly - the NVRAM on the 3/80 was still functional - ie there
is life in the battery after - what -15+ years? Hard to believe, but as far as
I can tell the settings are all correct.
I'm however short on various items and wondered if anyone had any of
these:-
I'd like to get an original Sun PS2 to Sun type 4/5 keyboard converter
these had the part number 370-2068.
I've tried Belkin F1D082 and other more recent adapters with the 3/80 but none
work. A borrowed Sun adapter did work though. I dont know what the
difference is, but I suspect the Sun 3/80 is expecting the type 4 keyboard
only.
Secondly, I'd like to find a colour framebuffer for this machine, unfortunately
they are not easy to find as the 3/80 had its own unique layout for the
sockets, etc.
Its somewhat hard to find part numbers for 3/80 colour framebuffers, most
are the mono 501-1402 board, so I guess anything other than that might
be colour. One known board is the 501-1443 cg4 colour card.
I'd be happy to pay say up to $150 for one of those, or if you prefer I can
exchange for my spare 3/80, your choice.
Anyway - any help appreciated.
Thanks
Ian.
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