Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!sparky!dsndata!jeff From: jeff@dsndata.uucp (Jeff Minnig) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: X & non-hil devices? Message-ID: Date: 10 Apr 91 13:17:45 GMT References: <1991Apr08.162946.11128@eye.com> Sender: jeff@dsndata.UUCP Organization: Design Data Lines: 27 In-reply-to: paul@eye.com's message of 8 Apr 91 16:29:46 GMT In article <1991Apr08.162946.11128@eye.com> paul@eye.com (Paul B. Booth) writes: > > 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? > Me too.... We have a bunch of hatachi digitizer tablets that are 9600 RS232 based that we need to support under 'X'... -jeff- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I said it, not the people I work for. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Minnig | (402) 476-8278 Design Data | 1033 'O' St. Suite 324 | {hpfcla,sparky,unocss}!dsndata!jeff Lincoln NE 68508 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Home is where your keyboard is. ----------------------------------------------------------------------