On 28 Jul 99, at 0:11, Walter McKinley wrote:

> A friend picked up a "like new" LINK brand monitor for me at an office
> auction. After a closer look, it seems to be a sort of "All in one PC". It
> has serial ports, parallel ports, and a proprietary keyboard connector on
> the monitor itself. I searched the web but was unable to find out anything
> about the company or this product. I would like to know if I can buy the
> proprietary keyboard. What are the specs of this model (MAX900) and can I
> upgrade if necessary? I build/upgrade low budget systems to be
> internet/email ready and donate them to novices who can't afford them or
> the net. Is anyone familiar with this company or product?

  See

http://www.firstsol.com/link/max900.html

  The fact that the COM1 and COM2 ports are *female* (although COM2 appears
to be drawn as male on this page...) indicates that this is a terminal,
intended to connect to a host system over a serial line or modem.  The local
CPU is dedicated to emulation of a variety of popular terminals from years
gone by, and is apparently not available for local application software.
  [The parallel port allows serial data from the host to be redirected to a
local printer for hard copy.]


David G

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