Mystery box

[Ethan Dicks]

On 7/21/05, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I've seen the 19 pin one called a DF19, and the 23 pine one (used
> somewhere on the Amiga, I believe) called a DG23. I don 't think those
> are official

Amigas used 23-pin male D connectors for external floppies and for
video monitor connectors.  From the view on the back of the CPU, a
"DG23M" is video, and the DG23F is floppy.

Before one could find 23-pin D-shell connectors commercially, it was
somewhat common to see hacked-up DB25 connectors - at least one early
maker of genlock devices made their cable with a blue plastic molded
DB25F IDC-style for ribbon cable, and a hacksaw.

-ethan