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e50 – Legacy I/O

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We cover the wild, wonderful, and sometimes half-baked history of getting data in and out of Macs. It turns out we've been citizens of Dongle Town for a long time already.

Peripheral buses
  • DB-9 (mouse, keyboard) and DB-19 (floppy)
  • Apple Desktop Bus
    • Mini-DIN connector
    • Griffin iMate
    • Serial (printer, modem, network)
      • LocalTalk
      • AppleTalk
      • SCSI
        • terminators
        • Skuzzy
        • HDI-30
          • Networking
          • AAUI Ethernet
            • Displays
            • DA-15 vs. VGA
              • dongle!
              • Mini 15 dongle
              • HDI-45
                • Apple AudioVision 14 Display
                • S-video
                  • same connector as ADB
                  • iBook A/V port and cable
                  • Apple Display Connector

                    • The only HDI-45 monitor.

                    The last, best CRT monitor.

                    Audio
                    • optical audio
                      • SP/DIF
                      • Toslink
                      • USB audio on G4 Cube
                        • ...more
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