SteveStrummerUK
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PC help - what is this slot for?
On the back of one of our office PCs:  Anyone know what plugs into this? Cheers 
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 11:29 AM
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☄ Helpfulby tlw August 30, 17 1:18 PM
Looks like a serial port.
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 1:21 PM
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh August 30, 17 1:24 PM
Cereal Port.... Capton Crunch, Post Toasties.
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 3:49 PM
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 7:29 PM
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definitely a serial port, no longer used no doubt due to a serial killer
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 7:31 PM
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I still have a parallel (compression) printer.
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 7:51 PM
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Yeesh. How old are the systems where you work.
And yes... 9 pin serial port.
It was essentially the "jack of all trades" connection before USB became a thing (mice, printers, data transfer, breakout boxes, etc).
However it may be a proprietary connector that is just disguising itself as a serial port. Sometimes manufacturers will wire up the 9 pins in funky ways to do a specific task. It does have what I THINK (IIRC) the standard serial port symbol above it.
They may have been added to the machines simply to be able to hook up older equipment if need be.
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 8:01 PM
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Really, you have to ask?
Alright hand over your man card Steve.
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 8:17 PM
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Beepster
It does have what I THINK (IIRC) the standard serial port symbol above it.
Wasn't that something like; OIO ?
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 8:20 PM
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jamesg1213
Wasn't that something like; OIO ?
Apparently so...
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 8:21 PM
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Jyemz Thrombold's Patented Brisk Weather Pantaloonettes with Inclementometer
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 8:35 PM
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Yup but as I said sometimes manus will use those old 9 pinners in different wiring configs.
I have been unsuccessfully prowling the intertoobs to see if I could find the symbol but am not having much luck.
I am almost CERTAIN I've seen that symbol before back when I was slaving away in the electronics surplus mines.
So for now I'm just gonna assume it's a custom daughter board meant to hook up to a break out box or other doodad.
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 8:44 PM
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh August 31, 17 12:55 AM
heh heh Beeps sed doodad.
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 8:47 PM
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 8:50 PM
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Pfffft no USB-3 or USB-C ports in that pic.
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 8:54 PM
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☄ Helpfulby bapu August 30, 17 8:54 PM
bapu
Pfffft no USB-3 or USB-C ports in that pic.
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 8:57 PM
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I wiz with the best of them.
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 8:59 PM
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 10:18 PM
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dare's brakeout cables with lots of choices hugh can connect to it. will also work after Brexit no were he's. 
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 10:19 PM
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I still have a Layla I/O unit that uses that port...
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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Sheanes
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 10:36 PM
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brilliant Craig !
gotta go back to upping my VST count.
when I red on this forum someone had 1139 plugins it seemed the right thing to do.
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 10:48 PM
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SteveStrummerUK
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 11:28 PM
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Thanks all for the expert identifying I was rather hoping it was an older style monitor connection of some description.
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 30, 17 11:33 PM
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Naw. Those got more pins...
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SteveStrummerUK
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 31, 17 0:53 PM
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Beeps, our work PCs are sooo old they only have VGA connectors. Except mine... it has a DVi and a VGA  However, the DVi out doesn't work so I'm stuck with using only one monitor - hence my hope that the 'unknown' slot was some kind of monitor out.
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 31, 17 4:35 AM
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I still have some gear that would use that port. I have to use one of these instead. 
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 31, 17 11:08 AM
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perhaps a 'VGA multiplier' box wood be a solution. 
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Re: PC help - what is this slot for?
August 31, 17 11:25 AM
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57Gregy
Maybe a game port?
Those were typically 15 pins. This is a 9 pin serial port.
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