Re: Keyboard? What Keyboard?
--- Chris Baker <baker@treyarch.com> wrote:
> "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.).
To elaborate, the mouse plugs into the keyboard and
the keyboard plugs into the adb port (usually).
>
> HTH,
>
> cbb
>
>
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