There's a
guy in the UK that is selling an adaptor for PS/2 KB's/mice to
HP-HIL that is supposedly just wired through... is this
possible?!?!?! does anyone have the pinouts for the HP-HIL port?
Totally impossible [1]. The signals are not even close between the 2
interfaces.
[1] OK, somebody could make a keyboard that could work with either PS/2
or HP-HIL interfacee sgnals with just a plug change, but AFAIK HP never
did.
I've heard this before, the item is listed here:
http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/parts_unix.html
with a picture of it here:
http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/ps2_cable.jpg
So what about it? It looks suspiciously like it's just a few wires. My guess
is that since he mentions it's for certain machines, that those machines have
ps/2 signals on the hp-hil connector. Any other ideas?
greetings,
Michiel