On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Glen Slick <glen.sl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Chuck Guzis <ccl...@sydex.com> wrote: > > > > A quick check on prices for a HP A4220-62001, adapter seems to show that > > they aren't terribly expensive. > > > > It has never been clear to me whether those adapter boxes actually do > what you would want to do here, i.e. allow you to plug a PS/2 keyboard > and/or mouse into an HP-HIL host port and allow the PS/2 devices to > function as native HP-HIL devices. > > Some references on the net indicate that at least some of those > adapter boxes were really just passive breakout boxes where the host > natively supported both HP-HIL and PS/2 protocols but just had a > proprietary connector that needed to be broken out into HP-HIL and > PS/2 connectors. > I have one sitting in a drawer at home, I can crack it open tonight if anyone's curious what's inside ;). - Josh