11 Nov
2008
11 Nov
'08
8:02 a.m.
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. This
is a wedge shaped black box with a speaker in it - and the keyboard port.
This connects to the computer through "the cable" - a special, three headed
cable that connects to the computer, sound box and monitor.
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?)
cheers
Jules