Extra ports...
Extra ports...
So this QL I got has a couple of extra D9 sockets. A male at the left edge and a female next to the rf out. Any idea what they might be? Cheers
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Re: Extra ports...
That does sound most interesting, you might have to take the top off and take some pics!
Re: Extra ports...
At a guess I would say this is a Minerva with I2C port on a DB9 and a QIMII interface out to a mouse port.Brad wrote:So this QL I got has a couple of extra D9 sockets. A male at the left edge and a female next to the rf out. Any idea what they might be? Cheers
Re: Extra ports...
Lifting the lid is probably the only way you will know, but boot screen will tell you if you have Minerva - the qimi interface doesn't show up in the ROM banners as it's just a couple of I/O ports
Re: Extra ports...
Could as well be a SuperHermes, which also exposes 2 additional D9s (one High-speed serial, the other serial mouse).Pr0f wrote:At a guess I would say this is a Minerva with I2C port on a DB9 and a QIMII interface out to a mouse port.Brad wrote:So this QL I got has a couple of extra D9 sockets. A male at the left edge and a female next to the rf out. Any idea what they might be? Cheers
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Re: Extra ports...
I thought about that, but he didn't mention any keyboard connector as an extra port - but as you say - visual inspection is the way forwardtofro wrote:Could as well be a SuperHermes, which also exposes 2 additional D9s (one High-speed serial, the other serial mouse).Pr0f wrote:At a guess I would say this is a Minerva with I2C port on a DB9 and a QIMII interface out to a mouse port.Brad wrote:So this QL I got has a couple of extra D9 sockets. A male at the left edge and a female next to the rf out. Any idea what they might be? Cheers
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Re: Extra ports...
My SuperHermeses don't expose the keyboard connector, as I figured the QLs that have it have working keyboards.....Pr0f wrote:
I thought about that, but he didn't mention any keyboard connector as an extra port - but as you say - visual inspection is the way forward
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Re: Extra ports...
Quite a few people run the SuperHermes with Aurora - where there isn't usually a QL keyboard. I did say in my first post 'At a guess' - and also indicated that looking inside would be the only way to know for sure - I feel like I am on trial dude....tofro wrote:My SuperHermeses don't expose the keyboard connector, as I figured the QLs that have it have working keyboards.....Pr0f wrote:
I thought about that, but he didn't mention any keyboard connector as an extra port - but as you say - visual inspection is the way forward