Seeking software for SGI/Sun dial box (was Re: IBM 6094-010 "Dials" protocol?)

[Richard Sheppard]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 3:48 PM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com<http://www.classiccmp.org/mailman/listinfo/cctalk>> wrote:

> SN-921

>   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Sgi_dialbox_sn-921_front.jpg

>

> DANAHER CONTROLS Dials DLS80-1022

>   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/SGI_dialbox_DLS80-1022_front.jpg



>>>> https://github.com/hanshuebner/sgi-dialbox-usb/blob/master/dialbox.py

>

> I'm going to test this code out when I have a dialbox in hand.

The Solaris CDs used to have /usr/demo/DIALBOX (and BUTTONBOX) with source code. I think it was meant for xview though so you'd need to pick out the useful bits (if any).

Richard Sheppard