1 Feb
2002
1 Feb
'02
10:53 p.m.
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
I've run across references to & pictures of
an adapter that converts
HP-HIL to 2 PS/2 ports. Does anyone have the pinouts/schematic for this
critter? Or have one they don't want?
As far as I understand, you need to have a special HIL transceiver chip to
implement a HIL device and these chips are no longer in production. I'm
currently looking for a HIL interface for a PC in order to be able to use
HIL dials and buttons within a modern environment. The hardware issue seems
to be almost solved, but does anyone here have any experience with the ISA HIL
interface card and how it is programmed? I have some hope to be able to port
NetBSD's hp300 HIL driver to the ISA interface, but as of yet I have no idea
how realistic this would be.
Any pointers or experience reports would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-Hans
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