Are office people really that, umm shall we say...slow?

From: David Woyciesjes <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
Date: Mon Aug 27 10:41:12 2001

Here's a little help, I think :-) ...

! > For those of you who think it's unneccessary, let's see how
! > you do with
! > the connectors on the PC/XT on my desk :
!
! I'll try, but I don't know what a DA or DC is. Are they the proper
! names for what many people would still call a db connector?
!
! >
! > Slot 1 : Female DA15, Female DB25
!
! don't know

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...

! > 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?

! >
! > 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?
!
! >
! > Slot 4 : RCA phono socket, female DE9
!
! That's your video card I think.
!
! >
! > Slot 5 : Female DE9, female DB25
!
! serial ports
!
! >
! > Slot 6 : Female DC37
!
! again, I 'm not sure what a DC connector is.... is it a floppy
! controller? I can't recall the pin count.
!
! > Slot 7 : Male DB25
!
! parallel port?
! >
! > 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, the din 5 your
! keyboard, and I
! don't know what IEC is, but since you say mains I assume that's your
! power cord and monitor power points.
!
! > I'll be impressed if anyone identifies all of the above.
!
! I might do a better jon, if I actually had the computer in
! front of me,
! even if I didn't pop the top.
!
! Chad Fernandez

So, how did we do?

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