[Gllug] [OT hardware query - Sun mouse adapters]

[jane taylor]

On Fri, 3 Aug 2001 02:01:24 -0700, you wrote:

~,----[ On Fri, Aug 03, at 08:43AM, jane taylor wrote: ]--------------
~| Could anyone tell me please if it's possible to get an adapter from a
~| 'normal' logitech-type PS/2 or USB mouse to Sun pin configuration for
~| a sensible cost? 
~`----[ End Quote ]---------------------------
~
~You dont need to use the dinky Sun mice, you can get the new type 6
~keyboards and the mice are regular sized. I dont know of a sun->ps2
~adapter, but the type 6 are regular sized, instead of dinky sized...hope
~this helps. Type 6 mice + keyboard sets come standard with the newer
~ultras. --Gabe

Thanks all who've replied.
I should have said that the Sun in question is an old Sparc10 with an
MRI scanner attached :-) so we can't change the monitor as it's
specially shielded, and it's running proprietary software on top of
SunOs 4.1.4 (!!). It currently has one of the slightly figure-of-eight
shaped Sun mice, which is about an inch too long.  I'm hoping to
attach a Logitech notebook wheel mouse, which is tiny and works fine
on my home Linux box.  

So far I've turned up Semtech's SunAdapt as a possible solution, but
they say it _won't_ work with serial mice and PS/2 adapters. What I
don't know is if it will work with USB mice and PS/2 adapters. 
Since all new mice seem to be native USB these days, I'm awaiting
clarification from the US office (UK tech contact being on holiday).
Not to mention finding somebody at the reseller's who will tell me how
many arms and legs it'll cost.

(The potentially nice thing here is I can plug in the Sun kb and
mouse, and additionally a PS/2 mouse, and so we can use either.
Perfect for a group of radiographers whose hands go from miniscule to
huge!)


-- 
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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