NeXTstation questions - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

22 May 2001

On May 23, Iggy Drougge wrote:
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  Dave McGuire skrev:

 On May 22, Marion Bates wrote:
> I don't see an ADB port on the unit itself, but the megapixel has
> one. Does that mean that the computer _requires_ the megapixel display
> in order to be useable at all? Or, in the absence of that monitor, can
> it use one of the other ports (which one?) for a keyboard/mouse?  
   Be careful here...Some NeXTs use ADB and some
don't.  And yes, you
need the monitor.  
 Can't one just construct a breakout cable? Or does it involve advanced
 electronics? 
  One can construct a breakout cable, but then you'd have to come up
with a monitor that'd sync to the framebuffer's output.

  NeXT monitors are neither expensive nor difficult to find.  It's
really not worth messing with.

          -Dave McGuire