e50 – Legacy I/O

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