HP-HIL adapter

From: Hans Hübner <hans_at_Huebner.ORG>
Date: Sat Feb 2 03:53:52 2002

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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