>Anyone ever notice that the socket on the MP2K is a DIN 9 and not a DIN 8?
>What's the other pin for? (I can't find the interconnect spec)
I have a wild guess... it's GeoPort. Here you can have a clip from Apple's GeoPort FAQ:
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2. Question: What is the difference between the modem port on a Macintosh and the GeoPort?
Answer: There are two primary differences:
The standard modem port has connectors (pins) for in and out signals, timing, and handshaking. The GeoPort adds a ninth pin for power to an external device.
The GeoPort also takes advantage of the power of the processor (either the DSP processor in the Macintosh AV computers or the PowerPC chip itself) to do telephone - either data or fax, or even voice. A modem is just a line interface to the telephone wire, a DSP to create the tones used, and software to run it. The DSP is on the motherboard, an inexpensive line interface (like a GeoPod Telephone Adapter) can be used, with software to run the modem.
This makes it cheaper to add a modem to a machine, and makes it easy to enhance the modem through software to increase performance or to accommodate new standards.
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>The GeoPort adds a ninth pin for power to an external device.
Here you go...
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