[rescue] Fun ports on a PC

Ethan O'Toole ethan at 757tech.net
Fri Aug 22 11:07:15 CDT 2008


> I don't think they had any output pins.  Seems like there was something
> funny about the analog inputs too...maybe it was one of those 'charge a cap
> through the pot and measure the ramp time', which isn't all that handy for
> most signals.

The game port doubled as a MIDI in/out port (which is a serial data @ a 
31kbps baud rate or something).

The BeBox had a true geek port...

(Speaking of which, I still need a bebox IO riser card thing, and the 
front plastic part).



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