ISO: Keyboard/mouse for MIPS RC2030 workstation

[Josh Dersch]

On 5/15/16 2:34 PM, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> On 15/05/2016 22:11, Josh Dersch wrote:
>> On 5/15/16 10:30 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
>
>>> looks like an AT keyboard and Logitech (serial?) mouse
>
>> You're right, that does look like your standard AT keyboard and Logitech
>> mouse.  I tried an AT keyboard just a couple of minutes back and it's
>> close, but it doesn't work properly.  The keyboard LEDs cycle while the
>> 2030's running its (very lengthy) diagnostics but once I get to a
>> prompt, I get gibberish from it -- looks like the keyboard scancodes are
>> completely different.  (Just for fun I tried an XT keyboard and that
>> doesn't work at all...)
>
> If it's that close that it's safe to connect to a PC, you could 
> determine the scancodes by running "showkey -s" under linux. It might 
> be something like "Set 3" which is what SGIs used to use (and 
> documented in their manpages).
>
> And I found a page somewhere (sorry, forgot where) that mentioned 
> using a Logitech Trackman on a RC2030 which worked "99% of the time" 
> so a fairly common mouse might work.  Most of the Logitech mice I've 
> seen like the one in the picture Al found, were quadrature mice (X+, 
> X-, Y+, Y- and 2/3 button signals) but presumably there were serial 
> mice in that style too.
>

Thanks for the info, I'll see if I can track down a compatible mouse.

And scratch what I said about the keyboard -- recalling that there are 
"standards" and then there are "standards" I grabbed a different AT 
keyboard from the shelf and tried it, just in case.  And it works 
perfectly.  So, it's a "standard" AT keyboard, but be careful which one 
you choose :).

Thanks again,
Josh