Computers with ports coming out the front?

From: vassilip_at_dsl.cis.upenn.edu <(vassilip_at_dsl.cis.upenn.edu)>
Date: Tue Dec 17 16:19:19 2002

I am amazed that Tony didn't mention this, but the BBC micro had a number
of expansion connectors under the keyboard facing towards the front of
the machine. To access these ports, you had to lift the whole machine
and plug IDC terminated ribbon cables. As I recall, you had the 1MHz
expansion bus, the printer port, the Tube (2nd processor bus) and a
disk interface connector. You also had a power output connector allowing
you to power external devices (e.g. external floppies).

The HP Integral PC also had two connectors on the front. These were HIL
connectors for low-speed input devices (keyboard, mouse, digitizing
tablet, etc).

**vp
Received on Tue Dec 17 2002 - 16:19:19 GMT