I'm gutted. I thought they were such good keyboards.
Is there any other way to get it to work on Windows?
Disclaimer: I had tried the Type 7's dedicated cut/copy/paste keys only briefly on Windows 7. I don't work there any more so I don't have access to the keyboard.
But don't blame the keyboard. Blame Microsoft!
The Type 7 sends the Sun keyboard's key codes using standard codes in the "Keyboard usage page" (0x07): (
Here are the codes)
And I know that some older Microsoft keyboards have actually had dedicated cut/copy/paste keys that worked in Windows, although I think those keyboards might have used PS/2. That would indicate that at least, Windows does support those keys internally. The issue lies in-between the keyboard and Windows' event system: in Microsoft's default USB keyboard class driver somewhere.
But it should be possible to have a special driver that overrides the class driver, If you can code, making your own driver
might be an option...
A quick search on GitHub reveals that there is source code for a few keyboard drivers there, that you could use as a starting point. But when I browse there, I see also that apparently, Windows wants every driver to be signed by a party that is vetted and approved by Microsoft, and has paid a lot of money for a signing key ...
unless you run Windows in a type of "developer mode" which might be more vulnerable to malware.
Another option would be to run
Hasu's USB-to-USB converter, with which I think you should be able to map each key to a macro.