(way OT)--Re: Semi-OT: Interesting or unusual PC Compatibles?

[jd]

Tony Duell wrote:
>> Jason McBrien wrote:
>>> The HP 100 series were some of the first laptop computers that could run
>>> DOS. It had DOS, Basic, Lotus and a few other productivity apps in ROM, and
>>> used the somewhat odd HP-IL bus to interface with peripherals, among them a
>>> battery powered disk drive.
>>>
>> Hmmm...
>>
>>
>> HPIL -> HPHIL -> + -> USB?
>>                  |
>>                 PCI
>>           (just a dash of)
>>
> 

Ummm....

(possible evolution of USB? maybe?)



Sorry, forgot to mention that bit.

==
jd
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