I went to try this out right away, but it's not an ADB port. It definitely
matches the pins on a serial cable. Thanks, though. Any more thoughts?

-Steve
steve@ezl.com


Tod McQuillin wrote:

> On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Steven Hascall wrote:
>
> > On the rear of my Apple MS 17 Display (where the video cable runs into
> > the monitor), there is what appears to be a serial port. Can I do
> > anything with it? What is it for?
>
> It's most likely an ADB port.  MacOS uses this to read the
> contrast/brightness controls so that it can pop up a window on the screen
> indicating the current contrast/brightness.
> --
> Tod McQuillin