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GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE LASER 128/128EX
@ The SERIAL INTERFACE CONNECTOR is for
connecting serial communication devices with
RS232C interface (e.g. modem). The rate of data
transfer is software-selectable from 110 to 19200
baud. The pin assignment is shown in Figure C-3.
@ The EXTERNAL DRIVE CONNECTOR is for
connecting an external disk drive. The drives may
be Apple ® II compatible 5.25" drives, Apple ®
Unidisk compatible 3.5" drives or Macintosh ®
compatible 3.5" drives. Many application programs
can make use of the second disk drive to reduce
disk swappi ng so that the program can run faster.
The pin assignment is shown in Figure C-4.
@ The VIDEO CONNECTOR is for connecting a
NTSC / PAL standard monochrome / co lor composite
video monitor. The pin assignment is shown in
Figure C-5.
@ The VIDEO EXPANSION CONNECTOR located
by the side of the video connector is for
connecting other sophisticated display devices
such as a flat-panel LCD di spl ay, a TV interface
or a RGB monitor. In PERITEL (non-U.S.A.)
versions, it also provides the PERITEL video
signals . The pin assignment is shown in Figure C-
6.
@ The STD/ ALT KEYBOARD SWITCH a llows you
to select the STanDard "QWERTY" keyboard
layout or the AL Ternate "DVORAK" layout.
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