[rescue] Interface info for IBM Dials and Buttons boxes?

[Eric Webb]

On Thursday 21 February 2002 12:17 am, you wrote:
> X-UIDL: d4335c3a50347d1bdb7438e146f2af57
> Status: R
> X-Status: N
>
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Corda Albert J DLVA wrote:
> > and 6094-010). Physically, they look very similar to the dials and
> > buttons boxes used on SGIs.
> >
> > So far, I've been able to determine that these are RS232 interfaced
> > critters.
>
> Try sending it an `h'--not as daft as it seems;  one of the various SGI
> gadgets replies with a help screen on how to communicate with it.
> (Spaceball?).
>

If no one gets anywhere with this let me know.  I think I can get my hands on 
one of these at work and can try to help hack it.  For some reason I remember 
a manual as well, but I'm not sure.  We dug it out of the scrap pile a couple 
months ago, scratched our heads and then said "Oh!"  Got a ton of those 
digitizer pads that they work with, but I don't believe those are RS-232....  
Sridhar?


Eric