From: Peter H. Coffin (hellsop_at_ninehells.com)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 10:09:26 PST
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 09:28:07AM -0500, Brian Braunschweiger wrote:
> Just out of curiosity, does anyone know why Apple designed a dongle
> rather than using a traditional circular serial port? Does the dongle
> port save space, make it more compatible with Windows or what?
> Inquiring minds want to know.
'cause that port isn't just a serial port, it's also a second serial
port, and sound input and output. So, the connector was chosen for
space reasons. It's just very rare to find a dongle that supports those
functions as well.
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