MKL@nic.ddn.mil (Mark Lottor) (10/10/89)
I hooked up my Type-3 keyboard to my Sparcstation by making a short
adapter cable about a foot long. One end has a mini-din male and the
other end has a db-15 female. Everything works fine so far. If you screw
up like I did the first time and your 4/60 stops accepting input, check
the keyboard protection fuse underneath the video card. You can get
replacements at Radio Shack. I got 3 type-3 keyboard field-service
rejects at Haltek (mtn vw) for $5 each, with minor problems that are easy
to fix like "sticky return key". I've also hooked up my Sun-3 OCLI
monitor instead of the 19" sparcglare monitor.
mini-din 8 male cable pinout
top
6 8 7
1 2 3
4 5
db-15 female mini-din-8 male
1 6 kb rxd
2 4,5,8 gnd
3 3 kb txd
4 4,5,8
5 2 mouse rx
6 4,5,8
7 n/c mouse tx (not used)
8 4,5,8
9 4,5,8
10 1,7 +vcc
11 1,7
12 1,7
13 n/c
14 1,7
15 1,7