[rescue] What would you pay for a Type 5 keyboard?

[Steven M Jones]

On 6/4/21 12:57, Stephen Conley wrote:
> There were a number of Sun to USB converters out there you could buy ...
> ...  My recollection, however, is that simply
> plugging a Type 5 into a Linux machine was something of a keymap train
> wreck.  Now, we're probably talking a solid 10 years or so since I tried
> it, but I distinctly recall having a bad time of it.

FWIW I've used a Sun Type 5 Unix-layout with a Lightwave Communications
Sun-USB converter (p/n 500.000.1002) with Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac
systems through an IOGEAR dual-DVI display KVM (GCS-1644?) over the past
10 years, with no problems that left a permanent mark lasting impression.


As Mouse wrote, keyboard preference is highly subjective. I just 
received two Type 7 Unix-layout keyboards that were held by $WORK's 
shipping department since March 2020. Sadly the only way to know is to 
try one, and these did not pass muster - the Type 6 was a far better 
native-USB experience for me (and worked fine AFAIR on a Linux desktop 
PC). Your mileage will certainly vary...


--S.