BIE 4410

From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel_at_eskimo.com>
Date: Wed Apr 17 22:23:10 2002

On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 08:33:37PM -0500, Tothwolf wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Derek Peschel wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 02:24:28PM -0500, Tothwolf wrote:
> > > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 pat_at_cart-server.purdueriots.com wrote:

> > > > It's been spoken for a few times over. Now I wish I had a couple of
> > > > them.
> > >
> > > It's a nice little machine that looks like it was produced in low volumes.
> >
> > Certainly the front panel has more features than you usually find
> > (assuming they control the CPU and not some other piece of hardware).
> > I still haven't figured out what some of the buttons might do.
>
> I've been wondering what that port on the rear of the system is for. It
> could be for nearly anything, but the only way to find out is to trace it
> out down to the board level.

Some of the front-panel functions (e.g., JOG) sounded like they might
control something else. Maybe even a VCR? So that's why I wrote
"(assuming they control the CPU and not some other piece of hardware)",
and maybe the port has something to do with that.

-- Derek
Received on Wed Apr 17 2002 - 22:23:10 BST