SGI Granite KB problem

[h1ggs]

Hey all,

Newbie here with an sgi granite kb problem. I bought the thing new on ebay; came without a cable. Took a look at the port and guessed its for a ps/2 cable. Bought one, hooked up it and no response. However the keyboard is getting power because I can hear a little click noise (coming from some internal soundchip) that goes off on a keypress.

It's not responding in windows however, the capslock led doesn't even turn on when toggled.

Any ideas as to what I'm missing? Posting photos below

[JimByr]

What's the model number? There are different models of the SGI granite and all are not PS/2. The most common ASCII PS/2 model has an attached cable.

See the DT article...
http://deskthority.net/wiki/SGI_Granite

[h1ggs]

Ah well that clears things up. I have the model that isn't PS/2 compatible. Looks like I'll need to track down an SGI cable.. if I can figure out what that is exactly..

[Mattr567]

Ah well that clears things up. I have the model that isn't PS/2 compatible. Looks like I'll need to track down an SGI cable.. if I can figure out what that is exactly..

You'll need to convert it, a cable won't help. Currently no off the shelf converters exist. TMK has the solution however.

Have a PS/2 Granite, good luck!

[h1ggs]

Ah well that clears things up. I have the model that isn't PS/2 compatible. Looks like I'll need to track down an SGI cable.. if I can figure out what that is exactly..

You'll need to convert it, a cable won't help. Currently no off the shelf converters exist. TMK has the solution however.

Have a PS/2 Granite, good luck!

Oo any chance someone could direct me to the TMK solution for this?

[Mattr567]

Sorry to say but I am mistaken from April. I remember Hasu talked about this but a converter isn't currently available from him or elsewhere. I think possible get a Dell Bigfoot and combine the two together to make one good board however.