In article <CAM2UOw+myx+jNgi48ga9tZ3MbCR0aW_tO-gNKq88bp2WGtsR1Q at mail.gmail.com>,
Glen Slick <glen.slick at gmail.com> writes:
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Richard <legalize
at xmission.com> wrote:
I keep seeing these listed on ebay and I
don't understand what role
they play in the HP HIL environment. Can someone enlighten me?
http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/pdfs/IssuePDFs/1989-12.pdf
Page 39
There are a few HP-HIL devices that are not easily categorized. For
example, the HP 46084A ID Module, which is used to prevent
unauthorized software duplication, does not generate any input, but
occupies a position on the HP-HIL. It currently cannot be accessed
through the X server. A client program can access it directly, but not
across a network
Ahhh.... so it's a serial number dongle. That makes sense. I wonder
how the ids are assigned. I suppose HP guarantees that each id module
is unique and you'd run some program on your HP workstation that spits
out your id and you tell this to the vendor and they generate a
license key based on that and your key won't work on someone else's
machine because they don't have your dongle.
At least now I know that I can safely ignore these while looking to
build up my HP-HIL peripheral collection :-).
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