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1. Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:50 JST Tube🌞Time

   welp, how'd i get into THIS situation? let's rewind...

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:42 JST Tube🌞Time

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     yeah i am guessing the machine type in the IDPROM is invalid so the installer runs the wrong code.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:42 JST Tube🌞Time

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     wrote a little FORTH program to update the contents of the IDPROM, and it looks like it has a valid host id now.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:42 JST Tube🌞Time

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     forgot to add that i needed to do a "set-defaults" and a "setenv diag-switch? false"

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:44 JST Tube🌞Time

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     four months later :blobsweats: i made the Video Snake Oil board that can adapt 13W3 (any type!) to VGA. you just wire up the little pads to whatever your machine needs.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:44 JST Tube🌞Time

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     i've also installed a ZuluSCSI. this neat little board is a lot cheaper than a SCSI2SD. i'm going to try and install Solaris using a CDROM ISO file. CD6_512.iso is placed on the SD card. it'll be ID 6, 512 bytes per sector.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:44 JST Tube🌞Time

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     well, it tries to boot from the CDROM but suffers a BAD TRAP. not sure why, maybe i need to update the IDPROM contents.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:45 JST Tube🌞Time

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     adapter!

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:45 JST Tube🌞Time

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     couldn't find a Sun 13W3 cable adapter so I'm doing this to get to VGA.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:45 JST Tube🌞Time

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     well it found the keyboard!

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:46 JST Tube🌞Time

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     looks like it is essentially the same protocol as the version of the mouse (type 4?) designed for the SPARCstation. the output is open collector, inverted async serial, 5 byte.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:46 JST Tube🌞Time

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     time to build an adapter. the connector is RJ11 (technically 6P4C) but it has these pins sticking out, presumably so you can't plug it into a phone jack.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:46 JST Tube🌞Time

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     ahh well, i'll just file some grooves.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:47 JST Tube🌞Time

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     i've also got some Sun mice. an M3 and an M4.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:47 JST Tube🌞Time

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     however, they have RJ11 connectors and the keyboard (which is where the mouse plugs in) just has a mini-DIN connector. uh oh.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:47 JST Tube🌞Time

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     which brings me back to here. does this mouse, despite the connector difference, use the same protocol?

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:48 JST Tube🌞Time

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     looks like a coin cell mod.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:48 JST Tube🌞Time

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     on the back, we have the usual semi-cursed 13W3 video connector and the Sun keyboard connector. where am i going to find a Sun keyboard?

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:48 JST Tube🌞Time

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     i just happen to have one, new in box! i bought this years ago at Weird Stuff Warehouse when they were still around. i have no idea why, but i'm glad i did.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:49 JST Tube🌞Time

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     it's going to need a little work but WHAT is that blob of duct tape

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 00:09:50 JST Tube🌞Time

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     *earlier* what i have here is a Sun SPARCstation 1+.