NeXTstation questions

From: Jeff Hellige <jhellige_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Tue May 22 13:58:43 2001

On Tuesday, May 22, 2001, at 01:40 PM, Marion Bates wrote:

> Can I use a standard old Mac monitor connector between the two? If not,
> can I use a monitor besides the Megapixel and use a regular Mac monitor
> connector with that instead?

        Monitors other than the Megapixel display can be used but they
require an adapter that generally sells for nearly as much as used NeXT
monitors. The connecting cable that went from the monitor to the CPU
also carried the signals for the keyboard, mouse, and sound as well as
video.

> 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?

        Unless this is a Turbo model, even though the connector looks like
it, it isn't an ADB port.

> What is the purpose of the "DSP" port? (Two triangles beside it, one
> pointing up and one down, and the connector is 15-pin)

        I'm sure there must have been something that was made to plug into
that port, but I don't know what. It leads to a Digital Signal
Processor.

> Which port(s), if any, are LocalTalk-able? I see two mini-din serial
> ports (labeled A and B) and one old-fasioned 9-pin connector with a
> picture of a laserprinter.

        Some have had luck using normal Mac cables for modems but otherwise
the NeXT had a modem cable all it's own. I believe it connected to Port
A. The 9pin connector is used specifically and only for the NeXT laster
printer.

        Jeff
Received on Tue May 22 2001 - 13:58:43 BST