TITLE
    Monitor Cables: Pinout Information
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12/19/90
11/12/99

TOPIC

    From time to time, I need pin-out details for various Apple monitor cables. Do you have a chart of this information?


DISCUSSION

    Here is the pin-out information for various Apple monitor cables. The Apple part number is molded into the connector housing of all Apple monitor cables. For additional information on signal descriptions see the "Guide To The Macintosh Family Hardware" available from APDA and Addison Wesley.

    Cable Part #: 590-0161
    Used On: Hi-Res Monochrome Monitor, Hi-Res RGB Monitor
    DB-15
    Description
    DB-15
    1
    Red Video Gnd
    1
    2
    Red Video
    2
    3
    Comp. sync
    3
    4
    Comp. sync Gnd
    4
    5
    Green Video
    5
    6
    Green Video Gnd
    6
    7
    N/C
    7
    8
    N/C
    8
    9
    Blue Video
    9
    10
    N/C
    10
    11
    N/C
    11
    12
    N/C
    12
    13
    Blue Video Gnd
    13
    14
    N/C
    14
    15
    N/C
    15
    Shell
    Shield Gnd
    Shell

    Cable Part #: 590-4161
    Used on: Hi-Res Monochrome Monitor, Hi-Res RGB Monitor,and future monitors
    DB-15
    Description
    DB-15
    1
    Red Video Gnd
    1
    2
    Red Video
    2
    3
    Comp. sync
    3
    4
    Sense ID 1
    4
    5
    Green Video
    5
    6
    Green Video Gnd
    6
    7
    Sense ID 2
    7
    8
    N/C
    8
    9
    Blue Video
    9
    10
    Sense ID 3
    10
    11
    Comp. sync Gnd
    11
    12
    N/C
    12
    13
    Blue Video Gnd
    13
    14
    N/C
    14
    15
    N/C
    15
    Shell
    Shield Gnd
    Shell


    Cable Part #: 590-0615
    Used on: Portrait Display, Two-Page Display
    DB-15
    Description
    DB-25
    1
    H. sync Gnd
    14
    2
    V. sync Gnd
    12
    3
    Sense ID 3
    10
    4
    Sense ID Gnd
    *
    5
    C. sync
    3
    6
    H. sync
    15
    7
    V. sync Gnd
    11
    8
    Sense ID 2
    7
    9
    Sense ID 1
    4
    10
    C. sync Gnd
    N/C
    A1(in)
    Blue Video
    9
    A1(out)
    Blue Video Gnd
    13
    A2(in)
    Green Video
    5
    A2(out)
    Green Video Gnd
    6
    A3(in)
    Red Video
    2
    A3(out
    Red Video Gn
    1
    Shell
    Shield Gnd
    Shell


    * Note that pins 4, 7, 10 are tied together on the DB-15 side


    Cable Part #: 590-0574
    Used on: Portrait Display, Two-Page Monochrome Display
    DB-25
    Description
    DB-25
    A1(in)
    Mono Video
    A1(in)
    A1(out)
    Mono Video Gnd
    A1(out)
    1
    H. sync Gnd
    1
    2
    V. sync Gnd
    2
    3
    Sense ID 3
    3
    4
    Sense ID Gnd
    4
    5
    C. sync
    5
    6
    H. sync
    6
    7
    V. sync Gnd
    7
    8
    Sense ID 2
    8
    9
    Sense ID 1
    9
    10
    C. sync Gnd
    10
    Shell
    Shield Gnd
    Shell

    Cable Part #: 590-0562
    Used on: Two Page Display
    DB-25
    Description
    DB-25
    A1
    Mono Video
    A1
    A2
    75* termination
    A2
    A3
    75¢ termination
    A3
    1
    H. sync Gnd
    1
    2
    V. sync Gnd
    2
    3
    Sense ID 3
    3
    4
    Sense ID Gnd
    4
    5
    C. sync
    5
    6
    H. sync
    6
    7
    V. sync Gnd
    7
    8
    Sense ID 2
    8
    9
    Sense ID 1
    9
    10
    C. sync Gnd
    10
    Shell
    Shield Gnd
    Shell

    Cable Part #: 590-0536
    Used On: AppleColor RGB, AppleColor 100 (replaces original cable)
    DB-15
    Description
    DB-15
    1
    Red Video Gnd
    1
    2
    Red Video
    2
    3
    Comp. sync
    3
    4
    N/C
    4
    5
    Green Video
    5
    6
    Green Video Gnd
    6
    7
    N/C
    7
    8
    N/C
    8
    9
    Blue Video
    9
    10
    XRGB8 (Apple ///)
    10
    A1(in)
    N/C
    11
    A1(out)
    N/C
    12
    A2(in)
    Blue Video Gnd
    13
    A2(out)
    N/C
    14
    A3(in)
    N/C
    15
    Shell
    Shield Gnd
    Shell

    VGA Adapter 513-0091-A
    Used On: ASD 17 and ASD 21 monitor
    HD-B15F
    Description
    DB-15M
    1
    Red Video
    1
    2
    Green Video
    5
    3
    Blue Video
    9
    4
    ID Bit 1
    4
    5
    H Sync Gnd
    14
    6
    Red Gnd
    2
    7
    Green Gnd
    6
    8
    Blue Gnd
    13
    9
    DDC 5V
    8
    10
    V Sync Gnd
    11
    12
    DDC (SDA)/ID Bit 3
    10
    13
    H Sync
    15
    14
    V Sync
    12
    15
    DDC (SCL)/ID Bit 2
    7

Document Information
Product Area: Computers; Peripherals
Category: Cables
Sub Category: Display
Keywords: supt

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