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Re: Sun Ultra 60 or not?

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From: David Wilson
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:53
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On Jun 30, 2:53 pm, "DoN. Nichols" <dnich...@d-and-d.com> wrote:
> Sun-3 machines up through some UltraSPARC systems (including the
> Ultra-5, Ultra-10 and Ultra-60, but not including the Sun Blade 1000 and
> 2000) use Sun keyboards with 5-pin mini DIN connectors, and the mouse
> plugs into the keyboard and is routed to its own serial interface inside
> the box.

I just took a look at an Ultra 5 and counted 8 pinholes on the
keyboard/mouse socket making it a mini-DIN-8.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-DIN_connector for diagrams of
mini-DIN-3 through mini-DIN-9 plugs.
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Subject: Re: Sun Ultra 60 or not?
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