Specifications
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SERVSWITCH™ AFFINITY
to support the DEC LK461 keyboard (see Appendix D for the key mappings),
Japanese 106- and 109-key keyboards, and certain other keyboards that use
special or proprietary keys. However, we cannot guarantee that the Affinity will
be able to fully support—or even work at all with—any PC-type keyboard that
uses nonstandard keys, connectors, or keyboard-scan modes.
• If you are using a Sun keyboard, it must be a Type 5 or Type 5c model, not
Type 6 (the Affinity isn’t yet fully Type 6 compatible). If the keyboard is
designed for a keyboard language other than “US” (standard North American
English), you’ll need to select the language under “Keyboard settings” in the
“Configure System” page of the configuration menu (see Section 4.2.2).
Table 3-1. Keyboard mapping by the ServSwitch Affinity.
Generally, the ServSwitch Affinity interprets keys by their positions on the keyboard, so any
keys that occupy more or less the same positions and perform more or less the same functions
across platforms will map one-to-one. However, certain keys available on certain keyboards do
not correspond well or are not available on other types of keyboards, so the Affinity maps the
more important of these as shown below. (The Affinity does not support Apple keyboards, but
with the proper adapter it will emulate an Apple keyboard to an attached Mac CPU.)
On the Sun Emulates the Emulates the Emulates the
keyboard, the PC 101/102-key PC 104/105-key Apple keyboard’s
___ key: keyboard’s ___ key: keyboard’s ___ key: ___ key:
Control Left Ctrl Left Ctrl Left Control
Alt Left Alt Left Alt Left Option (alt)
Left Command (◆) N/A Left Win Start ( ) Left Command ()
Right Command (◆) N/A Right Win Start ( ) Right Command ()
Compose Right Ctrl Right Ctrl Right Control
Alt Graph Right Alt or Alt Graph Right Alt or Alt Graph Right Option (alt)
Power ( |) N/A Windows App ( ) Power ( )
On the IBM PC 101/ (Maps to same Emulates the (Not recommended)
102-key keyboard, key on PC 104/ Apple keyboard’s Emulates the Sun
the ___ key: 105-key keyboard.
)
___ key: keyboard’s ___ key:
Left Ctrl Left Control Left Control
Left Alt Left Command () Left Command (◆)
Right Alt or Alt Graph Right Option (alt) Alt Graph
Right Ctrl Power ( ) Power ( |)
On the IBM PC 104/ (Natively supports Emulates the (Not recommended)
105-key keyboard, PC 101/102-key Apple keyboard’s Emulates the Sun
the ___ key: keyboard functions.) ___ key: keyboard’s ___ key:
Left Ctrl Left Control Left Control
Left Win Start ( ) Left Command () Left Command (◆)
Left Alt Left Option (alt) Alt
Right Alt or Alt Graph Right Option (alt) Alt Graph
Right Win Start ( ) Right Command () Right Command (◆)
Windows App ( ) Power ( ) Power ( |)
Right Ctrl Right Control Compose