6 Mar
2005
6 Mar
'05
3:31 p.m.
On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 14:00:40 +0000
Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Unearthed a Sun 2/120 yesterday (CPU cabinet plus disk cabinet plus
mono screen) but unfortunately no sign of a keyboard or mouse.
Anyone know if a later Sun keyboard and mouse can be wired via an
adapter to work? We've got a couple of Sun 3 keyboards & mice kicking
around which would be enough to test the machine out at least.
Both the keyboard and mouse connectors on the Sun 2 are 6-pin
RJ45-style connectors (they're probably not called RJ45 in this case
as they're smaller, but you get the idea).
Actually, I have a feeling that the mouse on our Sun 3/50 uses the
same connector (where it plus into the back of the keyboard) so that
might be the exact right part. The keyboard on the 3/50's a DB15
though...
cheers
Jules
I would suggest bringing it up with a serial console, to check things
out. I am assuming that a Sun 2 follows the convention of later Sun
hardware and supports a serial console if it finds no keyboard. Is this
the case?
I have a lot of Sun hardware here that has never had a keyboard or
monitor attached. Just a serial console to get it running and an OS
installed, then ethernet (and power) becomes it's sole connection to the
outside world.