Operating instructions

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Table 1: Keyboard Equivalency Translation
Sun PS/2 101 Win95 AppleExt
L-Control L-Control L-Control L-Control
L-Alt L-Alt L-Alt L-Opt
Compose R-Control R-Control R-Control
Alt-Graph R-Alt R-alt/Aplcn R-Opt
Meta SB+Alt Logo Cmnd
Power SB+RT Arrow SB+RT Arrow Power
SB = Space Bar
L and R = Left and right keys when two keys are marked the same on a keyboard
Sun keyboard
Sun keyboards have 14 extra keys not found on PS/2 101, Win95, and Apple Extended keyboards. NTI
provides a keystroke emulation chart for those extra keys, as well as an emergency startup keys chart for
Sun keyboards. Table 2 provides the keystrokes required on other platform keyboards to emulate the
extra keys of the Sun keyboard. Table 3 lists the Sun emergency startup keys.
Table 2: Emulation Keystrokes for Sun’s 14 Extra Keys Table 3: Sun Startup Keys
Sun Key
PS/2, Win95, Mac
Keystroke Equivalents
Key Function
Stop (L1) SB + F1
Stop Bypass POST
Again (L2) SB + F2
Stop-A Abort
Props (L3) SB + F3
Stop-D Enter diagnostic mode
Undo (L4) SB + F4
Stop-F Enter Forth on TTYA
instead of probing
Front (L5) SB + F5
Stop-N Reset NVRAM contents to
default values
Copy (L6) SB + F6
Open (L7) SB + F7
Paste (L8) SB + F8
Find (L9) SB + F9
Cut (L10) SB + F10
Help SB + F11
Vol + SB + Up Arrow
Vol - SB + Down Arrow
Mute SB + Left Arrow
SB = Space Bar
Appendix A illustrates the available pin-out configurations for keyboard connectors.
Mouse Technology
Mouse engineering is also different across the three platforms. It is difficult (in fact, almost impossible) to
run a Macintosh system without a mouse, but you can operate a PC without one by using keyboard
commands.