SEO

I'd like to remove the keyboard that's plugged into my blade 2000. I
know on the earlier machines this would almost certainly drop a Sun to
the OK prompt. Will this happen on the Blade 2000, with its USB keyboard?

Does anyone know the difference between the keyboards from different
countries (US, UK, France etc)? Are there DIP switches inside which
makes the keys produce a different character? Or some other way?

Basically I have a US keyboard, but I'm in the UK. I'm trying to
ascertain if I can convert it to a UK keyboard, so it produces the pound
sign. If not, I'll have to buy one. I'll take it apart and check, but I
don't want to shut the machine down.

US keyboards usually lacks disp-switches. Other country specific
keyboards usually have switches.

The type-6 USB keyboards have a small latch on the vertical surface
right above the Num Lock LED. My US unix keyboard have no switches
under the cover, while the swedish keyboards do have switches there.

Thomas Tornblom wrote:
> US keyboards usually lacks disp-switches. Other country specific
> keyboards usually have switches.
>
> The type-6 USB keyboards have a small latch on the vertical surface
> right above the Num Lock LED. My US unix keyboard have no switches
> under the cover, while the swedish keyboards do have switches there.

Yes, I can see a small 'trap door' there, where is looks switches could
be placed. I don't have any there.

Dave wrote:
> I'd like to remove the keyboard that's plugged into my blade 2000. I
> know on the earlier machines this would almost certainly drop a Sun to
> the OK prompt. Will this happen on the Blade 2000, with its USB keyboard?
>
> Does anyone know the difference between the keyboards from different
> countries (US, UK, France etc)? Are there DIP switches inside which
> makes the keys produce a different character? Or some other way?
>
> Basically I have a US keyboard, but I'm in the UK. I'm trying to
> ascertain if I can convert it to a UK keyboard, so it produces the pound
> sign. If not, I'll have to buy one. I'll take it apart and check, but I
> don't want to shut the machine down.
# kbd -a alternate or kbd -a disable
will change keyboard <stop>+<a> sequence to <~>+<ctrl><b>
or disable it
and you can change keyboard safely.
if you want you can do # kbd -a enable after the change.
/Jorgen