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From: MKL@nic.ddn.mil (Mark Lottor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Type 3 keyboard on Sparcstation
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 9 Oct 89 21:29:12 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 158, message 19 of 21

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