External Connectors - NEC PowerMate Professional 9000E Series User Manual

External Connectors

External connectors let you attach peripheral devices, such as
a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and printer to your system. Your
system has the following external connectors:
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Mouse port
Attach the mouse that comes with your workstation to this
port. The mouse port supports a PS/2-compatible mouse.
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Keyboard port
Attach the keyboard that comes with your workstation to
the keyboard port.
The keyboard port supports a PS/2
system/2-compatible) 101-key or 104-key keyboard (in the
U.S. and Canada) or a 102-key keyboard (in the United
Kingdom and Germany) with a 6-pin mini DIN connector.
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VGA monitor connector
The system comes with a graphics board in an expansion
slot. The graphics board provides an external VGA
monitor connector. (There might also be a VGA monitor
connector on the I/O panel. It is not functional.)
The graphics boards available through NEC CSD support
VGA- and SVGA-compatible monitors with a 15-pin
connector. Attach the signal cable from your monitor to
the VGA connector on the graphics board.
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Printer port
Use this port to connect a parallel printer with a 25-pin
connector to the system.
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Serial ports (COM1 and COM2)
Attach a serial device with a 9-pin connector to each serial
port. Serial devices include a pointing device, serial
printer, or a modem.
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