Hi Mikey,
That can be a bit of a nuisance. You need to find a machine capable of sending serial in HPSIR - HP's predecessor of SIR.
Try to find/borrow a SRAM
(Static RAM PCMCIA
) card, and use that to get the drivers on the 95LX.
Alternative 1: If you can find someone with a 200LX cable anywhere near, I can send you the 4-pin adapter,
I still have some two or three laying around. I can tell you otherwise how to buy the 200LX cable in the US at USD25, and I will send you a 4-pin adapter - PM me if so.
Alternative 2: Find someone with an HP 48SX serial cable - they are identical
Alternative 3: Find a small piece of 2mm header
( like a half from a 2,5" HD connector of a broken laptop motherboard, and solder the pins to female
serial cable.
Pinout is
(95LX , 9 pin RS232, 25pin RS232
):
95LX |RS232-9|RS232-25
------+---------+----------
1 | shield | shield
2 | 2 | 3
3 | 3 | 2
4 | 5 | 7
Note: the 1,2,3,4 on the 95LX will then just be side by side!
And no, you won't break anything if you put it in the wrong way first, it just wont work
Alternative 4:
Older HP handhelds, laptops support the HPSIR protocol, as well as older Ipaq's
don't know about the newer PC's though.
Edited by michelbel 2008-06-24 4:32 AM