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WHAT is this ? HP-41 / HP-IL rarity @ Ebay Message #1 Posted by Tom Sleeves (UK) on 22 Oct 2003, 9:53 a.m. What is this ????? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2759620593&category=8101 Does someone have an idea ? Seems to be a very interesting item ... Tommy Edited: 22 Oct 2003, 9:58 a.m.

Re: WHAT is this ? HP-41 / HP-IL rarity @ Ebay Message #2 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 22 Oct 2003, 12:52 p.m., in response to message #1 by Tom Sleeves (UK) Hi, it's an HP-IL to serial interface, which is switchable between pure serial printer output, and serial I/O. For this some of the signal lines have to be swapped, which is done via a switch here. Back then these interfaces were, amongst other things, used to connect HP's to surveying equipment, like total stations / theodolits. Raymond

Re: WHAT is this ? HP-41 / HP-IL rarity @ Ebay Message #3 Posted by Tom Sleeves on 22 Oct 2003, 1:09 p.m., in response to message #2 by Raymond Del Tondo That's very interesting information, thank you very much! Regards, Tommy Edited: 22 Oct 2003, 1:10 p.m.

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