Subject: Re: Support for AXP Motherboard
To: Carl S Shapiro <cshapiro@sparky.ic.sunysb.edu>
From: Ben Tober <tober@bbnplanet.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/21/1997 13:00:27
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> > Yes, this motherbard is known as Noname AXPpci33 and its has 
> > been supported for a long while. Its a rather slow machine though.
> 
> Are both the PS/2 and AT keyboard connectors supported? 
>
The AXPpci33 motherboard has only a PS/2-style keyboard connector (and it
also has a PS/2-style mouse port right next to the keyboard connector - they
are both miniature DIN connectors).  The keyboard connector is supported.
I suspect that any old AT-style keyboard with the PS/2-style connector
should work.  My keyboard is a DEC PCXAL-GA.  A mouse connected to the
mouse port is supported by the X server (which currently requires having a
TGA framebuffer).  The mouse I am using is a DEC PC7XS-CA.  Note that my
listing of model numbers for keyboard and mouse is not an endorsement, I'm
just listing two components that happen to work with this motherboard.  By
the way, the keyboard connector, as seen from the front of the motherboard
(slots to the rear) is the connector on the left and the mouse is the one
on the right.  At least on the board I have here they are not labeled (though
they are documented in the manual for the AXPpci33, which, last I checked,
was available somewhere on gatekeeper or digital's web site or both)
-ben