8 Dec
1998
8 Dec
'98
6:56 a.m.
At 07:22 PM 12/7/98 +0000, you wrote:
IIRC they're simply mirror images of each other. But the plugs are
slightly different so you can't plug the cable into the wrong socket anyway.
I haven't tried it but that's not what HP says.
Yes, you have to match the dot(s) on the cable connector with the dot(s)
on the socket.
I think there is an addressing limitation but HP says that you'll usually
run into the power limitation first. I'm not sure how you're supposed to
know when you do unless the whole system chokes.
MS-windows by any chance?
I don't know. I would think it would work with Windows BUT I was told
that DrawPerfect was the only program that used the mouse. I tried the
rodent on my 150-II with several other programs and none of them (including
PAM) used it. I have MS Windows for the 150 but one of the disks is bad so
I haven't been able to install it.
No, the two dots tells you which end of the HP_HIL
cable to plug into
that port. They have nothing to do with how many things you can
connect to
the port. The two ends of the cables are different electrically but the same physically. You have to be sure and match
the number of dots on the
socket with the number of dots on the plug that you plug into it. Most of
Cables have 1 dot at one end and 2 dots at the other. the HIL devices have two ports, one that goes
back to the computer (maybe
The exception to this is computers, which are generally one end of the
chain and things like mice with a built-in cable with only one plug on
it. So for example you'd start at the computer, cable to the keyboard
then from there to a digitising tablet and then a mouse on the end of the
chain.
you like on the port. I think the only limitaion
is the amount of power
I thought there was an addressing limitation (8 devices? 32 devices?) but
I would have to find my HP-HIL spec to be sure. It's
recognized automaticly but some software won't use it. For example,
there's
only one piece of software for the HP 150 Touch Screen II that will
use the mouse. I expect the newer HP-UX software will make more use of it. I'm pretty sure that can use the HP-HIL mouse
on a 150-II.
Yes, but not the standard 150. The TS-II uses the HP_HIL devices, the 150
uses a non-standard keyboard.
Joe
-tony