Decided that rather than go to the gym today (it was raining most of the afternoon anyway), I would buckle down and get the computer reconfigured. So I disconnected everything, took it into the living room, vacuumed it out (so much dust…) and then took a good look. Pulled out the DVD and the CD-writer, discovered to my surprise that there are SATA controllers on the motherboard, put in a DVD-writer and a memory card reader, then put some cable tidies around what was up to that time a veritable worm convention.
In addition, I got the Sun keyboard/mouse adapter installed and connected up to the KVM so I can control the Sun or the PC with the same mouse. However, there is one problem: the Microsoft Optical Wireless IntelliMouse has only a USB plug, and the KVM is PS/2 mini-DIN only. So I plugged in one of those USB to mini-DIN converters. It works OK except for one thing: every once in a while, for no reason, the pointer jumps to the bottom of the screen. Anyone out there have any ideas? It’s only while moving the pointer somewhere else on the screen (I think). I shall try some of the fora to see whether anyone else has seen this.
Maybe I have to buy a new mouse.
Now to try the Sun SPARC Ultra 10 to ensure that it works with the MB and mouse. Then I’m in business!!
Later note: It does! The mouse will need some tweaking, but the keyboard and monitor switch seamlessly from one to the other!