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

[jd]

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)


I wonder...

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jd
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