Sun USB KBD and Zip disks

[Earl D. Baugh Jr.]

A question and an offer...

I got a free Sun Blade 100 (and yeah, I know all about it's IDE  
limitations) but think I'm going to set it up to replace/retire one  
of my SS10's...with the IDE drive should be a bunch bigger than the  
9GB drives on the 10's... and sounds already quite a bit quieter (esp  
the full height 9GB drive..)  Anyway, I just realized that I don't  
have any USB keyboards (PC or Sun).  Any one know if one of the PC-KBD  
to USB adapters will work? (it seems to at least detect it... but also  
got a bit of repeat...)  If not, will a standard cheapo PC kbd work  
(at least for loading OS...)?  Are the Sun USB kbds out there for cheap?


Now the offer:  I got 3 Iomega 100 MB cartridges handed to me, but I  
have no use for them.  Anybody want them?  I'll send for price of  
shipping...
(one is still in the shrink wrap...)

'later

Earl
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[Steve Sandau]

> I got a free Sun Blade 100 (and yeah, I know all about it's IDE
> limitations) but think I'm going to set it up to replace/retire one  of
> my SS10's...with the IDE drive should be a bunch bigger than the 9GB
> drives on the 10's... and sounds already quite a bit quieter (esp the
> full height 9GB drive..)  Anyway, I just realized that I don't have any
> USB keyboards (PC or Sun).  Any one know if one of the PC-KBD to USB
> adapters will work? (it seems to at least detect it... but also got a
> bit of repeat...)  If not, will a standard cheapo PC kbd work (at least
> for loading OS...)?  Are the Sun USB kbds out there for cheap?

I have a Blade 100 at work, and I have loaded the OS repeatedly (test
box) over a serial console. You may want a graphical console for some
other reason, but it is not necessary to make the box go.

Given a choice, I'd probably stick with the SS10, but then I am partial
to SCSI and SBUS.

Steve
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[stephen price]

> over a serial console

I'd second the serial cable approach - having just done the same thing recently.

BTW - the usb keyboard does "NOT" allow normal functionality such as STOP A etc - as the usb keyboard driver doesn't get loaded until the o/s gets loaded - so its so much easier via serial.

I'd forgotten and had to find as well - it takes 2 pushes on the pwr button as the sun blade boots to get it to the ok prompt

regards
steve
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