Re: IIgs with unknown ADB device...?

[vakusolar@mus.ch (Georg Lachenmeier)]

Labelas Enoreth <labelas@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Today I came across a IIgs which has this unusual item plugged into it's
> ADB port between the keyboard and the computer. It appears to be a
> 'dongle' of some kind, like what I've seen for some of the more expensive
> software.
> It basically looks like a short (1") adb cable that plugs into the back of
> the computer, ending in a small rectangular box that has a second ADB port
> on it to chain through, presumably. I took it apart out of idle curiousity
> and there isn't much to it...the board itself has �MSSI ADB REV H...
> There appears to be an oscillator(12mhz?), two...uhm, resistors I think,
> and a large square chip which has on it:
> <large 5 or S>MSSI20V8
> 22368069331KA
> ADB REV P1
> �INTEL80�SIG87
> 
> and a smaller chip with a logo like two waves and
> 33AE
> 93C46
> MB
> 
> anyway, has anyone ever heard of a dongle for the IIgs, or is this
> something else, which adds another functionality, perhaps to the keyboard
> or something?
> Any help would be appreciated.

You can put the device in an Mac with ADB and examine it with some
softwaretool. That help perhaps.

George, Zurich