NeXTstation questions

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Tue May 22 18:22:42 2001

On May 22, Jeff Hellige wrote:
> >On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 02:58:43PM -0400, Jeff Hellige wrote:
> >> > 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.
> >
> >Yeah I think there's a sound box with a speaker, and some audio connectors.
>
> The soundbox plugged into the same cable as the monitor, both
> of which plugged into the monitor output. I've yet to see anything
> that plugged into the DSP port, though I'm sure there must have been
> stuff.

  Two products called "Digital Eyes" and "Digital Ears", that allowed
for video and audio digitization. Also the DayDream box, a small box
that basically turned your NeXT into a Mac Quadra if you booted the
right kernel. Those were the only commercial products that I've seen,
though there have been rumors of others.

         -Dave McGuire
Received on Tue May 22 2001 - 18:22:42 BST