On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Christopher Smith wrote: There're a lot of different connectors that get used for composite monitors. For school use, they want one that can withstand some abuse, and will stay on. (When somebody trips over the cord, it should be strong enough to pull the entire machine off of the table.) When I taught a class in Evans 10 (UCBerkeley folk'll know the room), in the wall there was a connector for the overhead video monitors. It was an unusual connector, with a hollow cylindrical plug a few inches long, with a pin in the center. I had to check out a cable each time to use it, until Electronics Etc (R.I.P.) came up with an adapter of that plug to BNC. OB_CC: My TRS-80 model 1 was quite happy sending signal to half a dozen giant overhead monitors. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com

A 16 pin DIL socket (like an IC socket). The Apple paddles were joined up to a DIP header which invariably gained a few bent pins after a couple of insertions/removals :-). I think the //e also has a DE9 connector on the back carrying a subset of the signals, enough for a pair of paddles or a joystick. I believe there's still the 16 pin DIL socket inside. -tony