Subject: Re: Apollo 700
To: John A. Maier <johnam@kemper.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-hp700
Date: 03/01/2000 16:53:58
On Wed, 1 Mar 2000 18:47:00 -0600 
 "John A. Maier" <johnam@kemper.org> wrote:

 > 2) Mine has a builting VGA style port on the back.  Is this VGA port a   
 > standard VGA?

This makes it sound like an HP 9000/712.

 > 3) I hooked up two different monitors to it and nothing.  It seems to   
 > boot (HPUX?), I can hear the HD cranking away.
 > 
 > 4) Keyboard, what in the world does it take?  I see a receptical that   
 > almost lookes like a RJ-45 port, is this it?

This makes it sound like something else.  HP 712 used PS/2 keyboard/mouse,
but all the others used HP-HIL (Human Interface Loop), which uses a
connector like the one you describe.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>