I have one. I don't know what i would do with more of them; is the communication protocol documented anywhere? It would be nice to hook up to an X11 machine with the Xinput extension. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>

On Feb 14, 2008, at 5:14 PM, Richard wrote: I seem to recall that the protocol has been explained somewhere, possibly here. -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 11:47:34PM -0600, Michael B. Brutman wrote: Even if we get the lot to distribute amongst list members (I'm in!), I wouldn't be able to lay my hands on one until October. In the meantime, for the one that you have now, have you tried a serial analyzer like an HP4951? They sit between a computer and a modem/terminal, or between any two devices, and can snoop traffic in both directions. You also have the ability, as a standalone device, to program a limited amount of protocol traffic, enough so that we were able to simulate the BIND for an SNA session, and keep the PU Type 2 device on the far end thinking it was still connected to a PU Type 4. That was the max we could do - there wasn't enough programmable memory to allow a real session, but it does illustrate the point. You could also try an oscilloscope - for a single key press (no repeat?), a storage scope might work better, or a real logic analyzer - to capture the bit stream, just to see it. Those are the sorts of tools _I_ use when I'm snooping strange serial streams. Dunno what you have on hand. -ethan -- Ethan Dicks, A-333-S Current South Pole Weather at 15-Feb-2008 at 13:30 Z South Pole Station PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -29.0 F (-33.9 C) Windchill -53.3 F (-47.4 C) APO AP 96598 Wind 9.8 kts Grid 343 Barometer 682.1 mb (10549 ft) Ethan.Dicks at usap.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html

On Feb 14, 2008, at 2:49 PM, Sridhar Ayengar wrote: Yes, but what I had in mind was more of an HID device to emulate (possibly programmable) sequences of keys. But I suppose a serial adapter would be a good bit simpler, and could probably be made to work with Xinput. -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL

Paxton Hoag wrote: I would be really interested to know if anybody in the group who received one from you was able to make it talk. I have too many here already, and they all behave the same way ... They seem to function in the 'loopback' mode, but will not send bits in the other mode. (Look for the switch on the backside to determine what mode it is in.) All of mine came with what look like serial cables and the external 5v wall wart. I don't have to chop the cable like the guy on the 'codeninja' page did. (I'm trying to start a conversation with him to see what I'm missing.) Mike