--- On Thu, 7/15/10, smac0031 <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have two other questions. This thing some sort of
> graphics port on
> the back I've never seen. It has and adapter which is about
> six inches
> long that connects to a Mac monitor. What is this?

That's the HDI-45 port. It combines video and audio out with ADB and microphone 
in plus an unused audio line in. There was only one monitor made for it, the 
14" AV monitor with built in mic, speakers and two ADB ports, plus a plugged up 
line in port.

Only the three models of x100 PowerMacs and some of the clones based on them 
used the HDI-45 port. Adapters were made to use normal monitors with the 
computers and "hydra" or "squid" cables were made to connect those monitors to 
other Macs.
 
> Also, it has this odd little port that the IT guy said was
> an ethernet port. This was no rj45 I've ever seen. It was oval shaped
> and looked like it is positioned where the PDS card would go.

That's Apple's proprietary version of Attachment Unit Interface, AAUI. The most 
common adapter converts it to a 10 Base-T RJ45 port but anything that'll 
connect to a normal 15 pin AUI can connect to AAUI, provided anyone bothered to 
make an AAUI version. I dunno if there's an AAUI to AUI adapter.

As for getting the lid off, have you looked for a screw somewhere around the 
middle of the top rear of the lid? 
A guide to 6100 RAM upgrades. http://www.kan.org/6100/RAM.html


      

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