Extra ports...

[Brad]

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

[vanpeebles]

That does sound most interesting, you might have to take the top off and take some pics!

[Pr0f]

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

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.

[Pr0f]

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

[Brad]

No psu currently so can’t power on. I’ll lift the lid and photo the internals.

[tofro]

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

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.

Could as well be a SuperHermes, which also exposes 2 additional D9s (one High-speed serial, the other serial mouse).

You'll never know before you look under her skirt...

Tobias

[Pr0f]

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

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.

Could as well be a SuperHermes, which also exposes 2 additional D9s (one High-speed serial, the other serial mouse).

You'll never know before you look under her skirt...

Tobias

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

[tofro]

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

My SuperHermeses don't expose the keyboard connector, as I figured the QLs that have it have working keyboards.....

[Pr0f]

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

My SuperHermeses don't expose the keyboard connector, as I figured the QLs that have it have working keyboards.....

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....

[Brad]

I'll get some pics this afternoon, if only to put a halt to the witch trials!