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From: Christopher Casey <chriss@eece.ksu.edu>
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To: William Maddox <maddox@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
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Subject: Re: sun type 5 keyboards (dream mode on) 
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well joe(the originator of the message) has been awol from work for a 
while.. so i will put my two cents in.. the whole point about the type5 
keyboards wasnt specifically the layout. its that they have a very unique 
feel to them. which is why we would like them at home as well as at work. 
oh well..  :)



Chris Casey


On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, William Maddox wrote:

> 
> > A couple of keyboard companies make PC keyboards with the Sun type 5
> > layout.  Unfortunately, I don't remember off hand which ones.  But
> > you should be able to find them if you dig through catalogs and grovel
> > around the Web a bit.  I'd start in the Yahoo Computing/Hardware page.
> > You might also check the SunExpress Web page (you get to it through
> > the Sun Web page.)
> 
> My most recent NuData Workstation Express catalog lists a 
> "Sun/PC Universal Keyboard", no. DCA1905, for $140.  It purports
> to "combine the best features of a Sun type 3, 4, and 5 with a
> PC 101 keyboard."  The layout looks like the type 4 keyboard on
> my SparcII with the extra PC cursor keys.  The keyboard is supposed
> to work on both PC's and Suns.   Though it is not entirely clear,
> the keyboard is apparently "Sun native" and requires a $20 adapter
> cable for a PC/AT or PS/2 type connection.
> 
> NuData: 1-800-844-5757
> 
> --Bill
> 
> 
> 
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