Altho my Next color slab is not functioning at the
moment due to a flakey Monopixel monitor, I have
always been fascinated by the possibilities of the
Next sound system and especially the DSP port,
which I equated to the lauded capabilities of the Atari
Falcon and it's DSP port, aimed at the professional
musician market.
The Atari ST was regarded by most professional
musicians, as the best music computer, partly
because of it's built-in MIDI Ports, and I tended to
view some of Job's Next dreams as trying to transcend
the Macs media limitations and blow it away.
The Next DSP port seems to be the least documented
feature of the Next. What exactly is a Quix Daydream
and what can it do ? Do you know of other DSP
peripherals that would work with the Next? The Next
promos made much of it's sound capabilities.
Lawrence
On 15 Feb 2003, , r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Ian Primus wrote:
>
> > I recently accquired a NeXTStation Color, complete with
> > color monitor and DSP box. Unfortunately, I don't have the
> > cable to go from the NeXTStation to the DSP box, and
> > therefore, I can't use the computer because the keyboard
> > also connects to the DSP box.
>
> What you have is the sound box, and it doesn't connect to
> the DSP port.
>
> > from searching the internet, I have found things such as
> > this
> > http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/nextcolor/monitor_ca
> > ble.jpg that show a three headed cable that would connect
> > the monitor to the computer, and to the back of the sound
> > box.
>
> That's the cable you need.
>
> > But then what would the DSP port be used for?
>
> Whatever you like. I have a Quix Daydream plugged into my
> mono NeXTstation.
>
> > And how would the computer get the signals from the
> > keyboard? I'm new to NeXT hardware, so any help would be
> > greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Through the 19-pin end of the cable, that plugs into the
> monitor port on the back of the NeXT.
>
> The original NeXT design specified the "soundbox" built into
> the monitor. All mono monitors for NeXT have it. The system
> provided keyboard and mouse signals, audio signals, video
> signals, and power for the monitor on that one cable, and it
> was split up inside the monitor.
>
> When NeXT introduced systems capable of color graphics, they
> pulled that circuitry out of the monitor and put it in a
> separate box.
>
> You need the three-way cable. Some soundboxes had ADB (yes,
> like on a Mac) instead of the traditional NeXT
> keyboard/mouse interface.
>
> ok
> r.
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Received on Sat Feb 15 2003 - 17:07:01 GMT