[rescue] Sun Type-4 keyboard problems

[Dave McGuire]

On 08/05/2017 01:18 PM, john ferguson wrote:
> I'm using my 1992 Type 4 keyboard with a Sparc 10.  I have the original
> hard grid board and the optical mouse.  Lately, it seems to need a bit
> more jogging to get it to register a move.
> 
> It could be my imagination, though.  Can anyone suggest some choices.
> 
> I'm not fond of idea of going to a mechanical mouse which was an option
> in 92 and I have no idea whether a newer keyboard-mouse combination can
> be made to work with the 10.
> 
> From my SunVar days, I have a vague memory of selling someone a
> trackball which worked with that vintage sungear.  I tried it and didn't
> like it.
> 
> I use my system for CAD and solid-modeling and for that a mouse is
> really easiest.
> 
> Ideas?

  The solution seems simple to me.  You like the mouse, but it seems to
be wearing out.  Just get another one.  They're not at all difficult to
find.

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA