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7th Feb 2020, 9:01 pm | #1 |
Dekatron
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Microsoft InPort card
During a sort out of various ancient PC cards, cables and other oddments (following the collapse of a set of shelves that deposited them all in a heap on the floor!), I came across the ISA card shown below.
As stated on the component side of the card, it is called a Microsft InPort, but what would have plugged into its socket? I have elsewhere only seen sockets like this on Apple machines. I'm unlikely ever to make use of this, but I'm just curious.
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7th Feb 2020, 9:15 pm | #2 | |
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Re: Microsoft InPort card
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7th Feb 2020, 9:18 pm | #3 | |
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Re: Microsoft InPort card
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It is for a "bus mouse":- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_mouse
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7th Feb 2020, 10:38 pm | #4 |
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Re: Microsoft InPort card
Thank you both for the answer. The purpose of the thread has now been achieved.
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