We need to place a Sun Blade 100 in a 19" rack and provide a monitor,
keyboard, and mouse for it. We'd like to provide the extra Sun
keys on the left hand side of the keyboard as well. I've found the
Shark Rack Series 2 pivot mount kit for a full sized Sun keyboard
<http://www.sharkrack.com/index.php/product_details/product_ID/19.html>
Has anyone used one of these? Is there something else we should be
looking at?
--
Jeff Wieland

According to Jeff Wieland <wieland@nospampurdue.edu>:
> We need to place a Sun Blade 100 in a 19" rack and provide a monitor,
> keyboard, and mouse for it. We'd like to provide the extra Sun
> keys on the left hand side of the keyboard as well. I've found the
> Shark Rack Series 2 pivot mount kit for a full sized Sun keyboard
> <http://www.sharkrack.com/index.php/product_details/product_ID/19.html>
> Has anyone used one of these? Is there something else we should be
> looking at?

I've not used one -- but a friend has (not sure of the brand),
and he has this warning:

The Sun keyboard is right-hand end out when in the rack, and the
"suspend" '(!)' key is right where your thumb falls gripping the
keyboard to pull it out.

I would suggest adding a booster spring under the key, or a
piece of shim stock under it, to keep it from being unintentionally
depressed. Especially since the Sun Blade 100 can only be suspended,
and not re-awakened, thanks to the USB keyboard interface.

Good Luck,
DoN.

--
Email: <dnichols@d-and-d.com> | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564
(too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html
--- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---

In article <dhsqms11hgd@news4.newsguy.com> dnichols@d-and-d.com (Donald Nichols) writes:
>According to Jeff Wieland <wieland@nospampurdue.edu>:
>> We need to place a Sun Blade 100 in a 19" rack and provide a monitor,
>> keyboard, and mouse for it. We'd like to provide the extra Sun
>> keys on the left hand side of the keyboard as well. I've found the
>> Shark Rack Series 2 pivot mount kit for a full sized Sun keyboard
>> <http://www.sharkrack.com/index.php/product_details/product_ID/19.html>
>> Has anyone used one of these? Is there something else we should be
>> looking at?
>
> I've not used one -- but a friend has (not sure of the brand),
>and he has this warning:
>
> The Sun keyboard is right-hand end out when in the rack, and the
>"suspend" '(!)' key is right where your thumb falls gripping the
>keyboard to pull it out.
>
> I would suggest adding a booster spring under the key, or a
>piece of shim stock under it, to keep it from being unintentionally
>depressed. Especially since the Sun Blade 100 can only be suspended,
>and not re-awakened, thanks to the USB keyboard interface.
>
> Good Luck,
> DoN.
>
>--
> Email: <dnichols@d-and-d.com> | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564
> (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html
> --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---

If we went with this, we'd probably just pull the key off and remove
the plunger if possible.

Why do so many of the rack mounted keyboards have trackballs???
The ones that I can find with touchpads have two buttons, not
the necessary 3. Stupid, stupid...
--
Jeff Wieland

In comp.sys.sun.hardware DoN. Nichols <dnichols@d-and-d.com> wrote:
> The Sun keyboard is right-hand end out when in the rack, and the
> "suspend" '(!)' key is right where your thumb falls gripping the
> keyboard to pull it out.

> I would suggest adding a booster spring under the key, or a
> piece of shim stock under it, to keep it from being unintentionally
> depressed. Especially since the Sun Blade 100 can only be suspended,
> and not re-awakened, thanks to the USB keyboard interface.

Editing either /usr/openwin/lib/speckeysd.map or
/etc/default/sys-suspend would probably be easier if you're willing to
live without using the key for suspending.

--
Darren Dunham ddunham@taos.com
Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area
< This line left intentionally blank to confuse you. >