keyboard
2007-12-25 9:04:00
My original question was, on many stations with a Type 5 keyboard,
the output of a kbd -t command is:
Type 4 Sun keyborad.
The main answer is that the two keyboards are the same, only the layout
change and the OS will report that a Type 5 keyboard is a Type 4.
Thanks to
ldr@taec.com (Larry Ridenour)
guy@netapp.com (Guy Harris)
Bruce Skidmore <skidmorb@ochampus.mil>
Birger.Wathne@vest.sdata.no (Birger A. Wathne)
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guy@netapp.com (Guy Harris)
SunOS considers Type 4 and Type 5 keyboards to be the same type of
keyboard, because they're compatible with one another; both Type 4 and
Type 5 keyboards have several different keyboard layouts, and Type 5s
are treated, by the software, as Type 4's with Type 5-style keyboard
layouts.
As such, the OS will report that a Type 5 keyboard is a Type 4.
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Birger.Wathne@vest.sdata.no (Birger A. Wathne)
The price list says Type 5, but when queried the keyboard identifies
itself as type 4. This is because it's electronically a type 4 device.
Same protocol, same drivers. But the layout is different, so there are different
layout codes.
I have appended a small program called kbdtype.
kbdtype -h : Short help
kbdtype : Retrun keyboard type (KB_KLUNK KB_VT100 KB_SUN2 KB_SUN3 KB_SUN4
KB_ASCII og KB_UNKNOWN)
kbdtype -l : Return layout code (US4 Norway4 US5 norway5, etc, etc)
(If you want this program contact me or Birger )
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ldr@taec.com (Larry Ridenour)
Because the ROMs in the 3 machines were made before the type 5 keyboards were
made. The only way you will get the machine to "see" the type 5's is to have
new ROM's put in them.
(?)
(I think it's strange, because the 5 station appears AFTER the type 5
keyborad was delivered)
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