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From: steve-t@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Steve Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Some complaints (9000/7x0 series)
Message-ID: <7370421@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Jun 91 17:14:14 GMT
References: <1474@theseas.ntua.gr>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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| Even the lowly Vectra ES/12 -- 
| keyboard. Since it runs on HP-IL it should be made available as a
| choice with the workstations too. 

The current Vectra keyboards are IBM-DIN compatible, I believe.  HP-IL was
a peripheral connection method for HP handhelds, a kind of serial HP-IB, and
has nothing in common with HP-HIL (except a few letters :-).  The original
Vectra keyboard (which was HP-HIL) implemented a definition for keycodes that
stood the standard HIL definition on its head (the up/down bit was at the
wrong end of the byte).  Hence, it is only supported by RMB/WS and not as
a keyboard!  However, hope springs ...   As Bob Niland has posted, there is
a PC-101 HIL keyboard now.  
						Regards, Steve taylor

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