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From: paul@eye.com (Paul B. Booth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: X & non-hil devices?
Message-ID: <1991Apr08.162946.11128@eye.com>
Date: 8 Apr 91 16:29:46 GMT
Reply-To: paul@eye.com (Paul B. Booth)
Organization: 3D/Eye Inc., Ithaca, NY
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Hi-

The title says it; is there a reasonable way to get the hp X server to
recognize a non hp-hil device as an input device?  Specifically, I've got a
Spaceball with an rs-232 interface lying around that might make a neat
"mouse" if only it could talk to the server.  Any ideas?

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Paul B. Booth  (paul@eye.com) (...!hplabs!hpfcla!eye!paul)
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