Hi Roy J. Tellason, hope you are having a nice day

RJT>Too bad you didn't snag one of those ones that radio shack was giving 
RJT>away some time back... I have some info on those, and I understand that
RJT>there's support under linux,  as well.

 I've got 8 or 9 of those plus a mess of info and a few programs.
They don't do me any good on the laptop though since it won't take
an ext kybd input unless it finds one connected to the port on power
up. (same port is used for the ext mouse too but that's always live)

 Since those rs scanners don't have a kybd chip inside...

RJT>Lacking that, you can probe the pins with a bidirectional LED/resistor 
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RJT>and those signals on which pins will tell you how the port is wired.

 Been there, done that, that's why I'm asking here if anyone
recognizes the blasted thing.

PW>> I've tried using my comm program and some other stuff to try and 
PW>>talk to it but I've not had any luck so far.
RJT>Gotta get the bottom-level hardware stuff right first,  doncha think?

 Which as I say is why I asked. I've not gotten anywhere doing all
the right things and since there is a jumper inside that does something..

 -=> Yours sincerely, Paul Williams <=-

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