From: esoulvie@violet.ccit.arizona.edu
Subject: Re: TECH: Sega I/O connectors
Date: 23 Jan 93 01:36:08 MST
Message-ID: <1993Jan23.013608.1@violet.ccit.arizona.edu>


\In article <1jd1s1INN5r7@shelley.u.washington.edu>, macris@nsd.fmc.com (Willie) writes:
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> From: "Richard M. Coffey" <c-crm@math.utah.edu>
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> 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.)
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> 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.
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> 
> 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