On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 9:59 PM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > I talked with my friend who worked at Solbourne longer than I did. > > Oooh. Dieter, maybe? Yes. > This isn't quite right. The connectors are different, but the signalling > is > > the same. You need a custom adapter, though, so you get the right signals > > on the right pins. Solbourne specifically made their keyboards > incompatible > > with Suns at the connector level to force people to buy keyboards from > > Solbourne, but used the same basic parts as Sun keyboards to save on > > development costs. While the big battleship keyboards have extra keys, > the > > scan codes for the basic keys are the same (though he cautioned me that > was > > only his memory, but based on how fanatical they were about being Sun > > compatible). After he told me that, I recalled that I found an odd cable > a > > few years ago in my big box of cables that could have been such an > adapter, > > though I don't have it any more. He suggested using the SE guide that was > > on bitkeepers to make an adapter. > > Well, that's good to know. I'll update that section if you can get the > name as the source (since most of the available documentation says > different). > Right. I'm unsure. He's a solid enough for me to try it, but without confirmation, I'm not sure changing the docs is a wise idea. Warner