On 3/9/03 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan O'Neil)wrote: >Does anyone know/have the pinouts of the mini-14 pin video out port on the >PowerBook 500 series? I've already checked the service manual, and it >doesn't say. > >Thanks, > >---------------------------------------------- >Alan O'Neil, Super Genius! (just kidding) >My dual-monitor Mac cost over $8,000 new! HAH! >----------------------------------------------
OK "Alan O'Neil, Super Genius! (just kidding)", as usual for questions such as this, one merely has to peruse the devnote for the particular product in question to quickly find your answer. As penance for your oversight Mr. O'Neil, Super Genius!, you will please write both of these URLs 50 times on the blackboard before you may leave school today. Class, class, class . . . (with a greatly exaggerated exasperated sigh while shaking head in a most sorrowful fashion : -), _everyone_must_ bookmark this page and use it whenever they have this-sort-of-question: <http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/hardware2.html> And the PB500 devnote: <http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPU s-68K_Portable/PB_520_520c_540_540c.pdf> The illustration on Pg 26 shows a picture of the VID-14 _socket_ (viewed from the back of the 'Book), pinout starts with pin 1 at lower left, pin 2 directly above, so lower row odd, upper row even going left to right. from Pg 27 Table 3-8 Signals on the video connector Pin Signal name Description VID-14 DB-15 1 2 RED.VID Red video signal 2 1 RED.GND Red video ground 3 4 SENSE0 Monitor sense signal 0 4 12 /VSYNC Vertical synchronization signal 5 3 /CSYNC Composite synchronization signal 6 11 GND CSYNC and VSYNC ground 7 6 GRN.GND Green video ground 8 5 GRN.VID Green video signal 9 7 SENSE1 Monitor sense signal 1 10 14 HSYNC.GND HSYNC ground 11 10 SENSE2 Monitor sense signal 2 12 15 /HSYNC Horizontal synchronization signal 13 9 BLU.VID Blue video signal 14 13 BLU.GND Blue video ground � 8 n.c. Not connected Shell Shell SGND Shield ground That's it for today, you are all dismissed, Dan K, Mac Super-Professor! (just kidding) -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
