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- From: esoulvie@violet.ccit.arizona.edu
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: Re: TECH: Sega I/O connectors
- Date: 23 Jan 93 01:36:08 MST
- Organization: University of Washington
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- \In article <1jd1s1INN5r7@shelley.u.washington.edu>, macris@nsd.fmc.com (Willie)
- writes:
- >
- >
- > ----- Begin Included Message -----
- > From: "Richard M. Coffey" <c-crm@math.utah.edu>
- >
- > Quick question. Any speculation on how Sega is going to hook up their
- > V.R. to the Genesis? Or are they going to sell an entirely new
- > computer? All I see on the back of the Genesis is a Midi port (I
- > think, I just had a glancing look at the back.)
- >
- > ----- End Included Message -----
- >
- > I'm reasonably sure that the port on the back of the Genesis is an
- > audio/video port, not a MIDI port, although they're both DIN plugs.
- >
- > On the Turbo-Grafx, there is a bus access port which carries audio,
- > video, and CPU address & data lines, which is how the CD-ROM connects.
- > The Genesis looks like it has a similar interface for its CD player.
- > I don't know if you can daisy-chain devices, but you can at least
- > connect one at a time.
- >
- >
- > Willie
-
- Having used the Din connector on the back of the Genesis I can attest to
- the fact that it is indeed a standard RGB DIN connector. however the DB-9
- next to it is a serial connector and it also has a BUS acces card on the
- side used now for the CD player.
-
- -Eric
-