IRIX on Personal Iris

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Thu May 9 17:06:03 2002

On May 9, 9:42, Tothwolf wrote:
> On Thu, 9 May 2002, Jeff Hellige wrote:
>
> > > No. The Indigo^2 / Indy where the first SGI workstations that used
> > > PS/2 keyboards and rodents.
> >
> > I rather like the PS/2-style granite colored SGI keyboards/mice. The
> > keyboards have a nice feel to them.
>
> How hard is it to find key caps and micro switches for these keyboards? I
> think I have one of the granite keyboards somewhere, but it has some
> missing/damaged keys. If I can find a source for the parts, it might be
> worth repairing, since the rest of it appears to be in good condition.
>
> Are these keyboards true PS/2 type keyboards, or are they only compatible
> with the newer SGI systems?

The granite ones are genuine PS/2 interface and they work fine on PCs
though I've heard rumours that the reverse is not always true.

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York
Received on Thu May 09 2002 - 17:06:03 BST

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