Re: Keyboard? What Keyboard?
"greg kaslowski" <debian_m68k@hotmail.com> writes:
> Hi, I have an Macintosh IIci I'm gearing up to put debian on (the guy
> missing a floppydrive ps again), and suddenly noticed another problem.
No problem, there--the floppy doesn't work under linux, anyway.
> Where does the keyboard plug in? (not that I actually have one
> though). I had assumed it was a ps/2 type keyboard and mouse, but I
> recently looked closer, and realized one of the connectors was for a
> phone line and the other was for the printer. There are two other
> small din connectors with a symbol above them, but I cannot puzzel out
> the icon. It is a vertical line with two 90degree lines going left and
> another going to the right. Are they serial ports or maybe the missing
> mouse/keyboard connectors? I might have this wrong, but a friend of
> mine had a powerPC (this was a while back) and I think I remember the
> keyboard plugging into the monitor. Is this right? Looks like I've got
> no chance of using a common pc-type keyboard with this unit, so if
> anyone can tell me what type of keyboard it is, I can try to find
> one. Thanks.
It's called ADB (Apple Desktop Bus). I'm not sure if they still make
them but you should be able to pick up a used one on the cheap from
the usual sources (ebay, computer surplus, etc.).
HTH,
cbb
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