11 Nov
2008
11 Nov
'08
9:13 a.m.
On 11/11/2008 16:02, Jules Richardson wrote:
Mr Ian Primus wrote:
> NeXT couldn't just put connectors for everything on the back of the
> computer. No, that would have been too easy, to useful. For example,
> there
> is no keyboard port on the computer. No power switch either - that's
> on the
> keyboard. To connect ANYTHING to the computer, you need the sound box.
I think that's highly dependent on the display -
the color displays were
rebadged something-elses (Hitachi?) so needed the sound box, but that
functionality was built into the mono displays.
(having said that I'm a little confused though, as I'm sure I used a
sound box with the mono Cube - perhaps there's a difference between the
17" and 21" mono displays, too?)
I'm not sure about that -- I thought all NeXT mono monitors included the
keyboard circuitry. My 17" one certainly does; the 19-pin D-connector
carries power and keyboard connections to the monitor, which provides
the socket for the keyboard (which in turn has the power control as Ian
says). Jules may be correct about the 21" monitor, though; I've not
seen one in the flesh.
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