27 Aug
2001
27 Aug
'01
11:47 a.m.
! > Slot 1
: Female DA15, Female DB25
15 - joystick port, 25 is printer port, and I bet these go to the same card
as slot 5, the DB 9 and DB25 serial ports...
The most common uses in a PC for a female DA15 is joystick.
The most common uses in a PC for a FEMALE DB25 is printer.
But the FEMALE DB25 could be SCSI, and the female DB15 could be sound.
But keep in mind that Tony's machine might not be very ordinary.
! > Slot 2 : 6 Ribbon cables come out (a)
ending in a male
! > DC37, (b,c) ending
! > in female DB25s, (d,e) ending in male DB25s (narrower
! > ribbon cables than
! > b,c), (f) ending in a female DC37
! No idea, but from you, probably something homemade :-)
Hard drive controller?
EPROM programmer, expansion chassis?
Although male DB25s are most often serial, and FEMALE DB25s are most often
parallel, they also get used for a LOT of random other general purposes.
! > Slot 3 : Pushbutton switch, Mini-DIN 6
! The switch might be a reset, but no idea on the mini-din 6,
! M$ bus mouse
! perhaps?
Based on Tony's feelings about mini-din, I'd have to assume that it is a
commersial product that he has yet to get around to customizing.
Non-maskable interrupt/hardware debug assist (Atron, ...)?
! > Slot 8 : Female DC37
! ! a second
floppy controller?
> Also on the back : another male DB25, female 5 pin DIN, ! male and
> female IEC mains connectors. ! ! The DB25 could be another
> parallel port,