NeXTstation questions

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Tue May 22 19:51:41 2001

On May 23, Iggy Drougge wrote:
> 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
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