IBM x330 C2T breakout

thesb00 · 06-13-2006, 01:12 AM

If anyone out there has one of these cables, could you PLEASE slap a continuity tester on it and tell me which pins are used by the keyboard? I'm trying to get my little linux project running here, but I can't access the system or scsi bios to get started. It'll probably only see a non-usb keyboard for about 5 minutes of its life. Much Thanks!

camorri · 06-14-2006, 01:10 PM

I can not help directly, I did work for the company for many years before I retired. I would suggest you go here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...ageRedirect.do

and look the system up, and look for documentation. Almost all systems have a full set of documentation available. Hope this helps.

thesb00 · 06-15-2006, 12:07 AM

Thanks for the tip. I managed to run the remote video thru the service port (serial A) with Hyperterm and set everything up. I never even needed to install a video card into it, or hookup a USB keyboard/mouse! If anyone else nabbed one of these off ebay really cheap, don't worry about spending the 150 bucks on the silly C2T breakout box. It's not needed, just hook up a null modem cable to the serial port and run hyperterm! BTW the bps needs to be set at 57600. For some reason that isn't in the documentation.

camorri · 06-15-2006, 09:23 AM

Glad you got it going.