NEC VT 300 Series manual External Connectors

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.

Mouse port

Attach the mouse that comes with your computer to this

Tport. The mouse port supports a PS/2-compatible mouse.

Keyboard port

Attach the keyboard that comes with your computer to the keyboard port.

The keyboard port supports a PS/2® -compatible (personal 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.

VGA monitor connector

The system comes with an accelerated graphics port (AGP) graphics board. The external video graphics array

(VGA) connector on the AGP board supports an NEC MultiSync® monitor, NEC VistaScan™ monitor, or other VGA-compatible monitor with a 15-pin connector. Attach the signal cable from your monitor to the VGA connector.

Printer port

Use this port to connect a parallel printer with a 25-pin connector to the system.

Serial ports 1 and 2 (COM1 and COM2)

Attach a serial device with a 9-pin connector to these serial ports. Serial devices include a pointing device, serial

Tprinter, or a modem.

Universal Serial Bus port

This port adds a USB connector at the rear of the system (see “Universal Serial Bus Port” earlier in this chapter).

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