<QUOTE author="Irinikus" post_id="913" time="1528727781" user_id="62">
Irinikus post_id=913 time=1528727781 user_id=62 Wrote:Just confirm that the machine needs to have a keyboard connected to give a graphical output?
The machine seems to be incompatible with the USB keyboard that I have though. The manual states that you need a SUN type 6 keyboard to run the machine, is this the only type of keyboard that will work?
Correct on the first count - even if you have a monitor hooked up and the OBP settings set to use the framebuffer console, if it doesn't detect a keyboard it'll fall back to serial. I'd be surprised if it didn't work with a USB keyboard, since it's about the same vintage as my Blade 2000 and that works just fine with USB. Have you tried it with a USB keyboard? Also, is it a plain USB keyboard, or one of those ones that have a pass-through port for a mouse? Because those actually appear to the computer as an external USB hub with a keyboard attached to it, and a lot of BIOSes that are expecting a plain keyboard don't know what to do with that.
If it really doesn't work with USB, though, you can always get a PS/2-to-Sun adapter; they're available fairly cheap on eBay, though shipping might be a bit more in your case.
