Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!braun
From: braun@cs.purdue.EDU (Matthew J. Braun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Mystery interface card...
Summary: Making Light of the Situation.
Message-ID: <8191@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
Date: 6 Oct 89 03:32:17 GMT
References: <891005.18120567.029656@UWEC.CP6>
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Purdue University
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In article <891005.18120567.029656@UWEC.CP6>, S825177@UWEC.BITNET (JEFFREY SORTE) writes:
> > [...] The card has two sets of pins marked IN and OUT. Each of
> > these, has two pins identical to the speaker jack on the motherboard.
>   It sounds like a 80 column video card for an Apple ][+ to me.  I
> ...
>   The only snag in this (wild and crazy?) theory of mine, is that you
> stated it had two pairs (ie. four) of jacks similar to the *speaker*
> jack....
> Anyone else wanna take a guess?

Sure.  Some of the Videx-compatible have similar jacks.  The cord which
attatches to one set of the pins converts the two-pin output to an
RCA-type jack (which goes to the CRT.)  The second set of pins may be
the input port for a Light Pen.  (No, I don't know how it works. :-)  )

					-m@
					(Matt Braun)