victor_at_newtontalk.net wrote:
> Ahh, the mysteries of the Interconnect port :)
>
> Basically, the general idea behind it was to eventually make a desktop
> docking station that would have ports for all the connections that the
> Interconnect port has in it, which are:
>
> -serial port 0 (the one that the dongle interfaces with)
> -serial port 3 (unusable in its current state, needs a serial driver chip)
> -audio in
> -audio out
> -+5V power out, for powering external devices
> -power in to charge the batteries
> -and a pin to 'wake' the Newton when you plug in a device (a power switch,
> basicially)
A minor speculation... given that the audio in would have been line
level and that a 5V power out was available, I wonder if the mythical
docking station would have actually had a PlainTalk microphone port?
<<<john>>>
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