[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] 9 pin VGA-monitor to 15 pin VGA card

8416629@max.u.washington.edu (06/08/91)

I have got a VGA card for a friendd who have a Multisync monitor.
However, his monitor (as I remember it correctly) has a 9 pin
connector; the card on the other had expects a 15 pin connector
for its VGA output.
 
Is there an adapter plug that which will make this conversion?
If so where can I obtain one?  Does anyone have such adapter
that they are not using it? (I heard that NEC ships their monitors
with such adapters).
 
If I want to do this conversion myself, would it be a simple
rearranging of the the pins?  If so, does anyone know the pin
conversion/layout from 9 to 15?
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Scott.

wbonner@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Wim Bonner) (06/08/91)

In article <1991Jun7.112355.1@max.u.washington.edu> 8416629@max.u.washington.edu writes:
>If I want to do this conversion myself, would it be a simple
>rearranging of the the pins?  If so, does anyone know the pin
>conversion/layout from 9 to 15?

It should be as simple as making your own plug.  What you would need would be 
the specs for the plug on the monitor so that you could match the pins.

I know my Sony 1304 only has 9 pins, and I paid the $20 when I bought it for
a VGA cable to go with it.  It did the conversion from 9-15 pins.

Wim.
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siebeck@infoac.rmi.de (Wolfgang Siebeck ) (06/09/91)

I am using the following wiring without trouble for about 2 years now.
It connects a NEC Multisync II to a ET4000 VGA.



          1  ----------------------------------------   1
                                     ,---------------   2
          2  ------------------------' ,-------------   3  E
                                       | ,-------+---   4  T
    N     3  --------------------------' |       |      5
                                         |       +---   6  -
    E     4  --------------------------- | ----+ +---   7
                                         |     | +---   8  4
    C     5  --------------------------- | -+  | |      9  0
                                         |  |  | +---  10  0
          6  ---+------------------------'  |  | `---  11  0
                |                           |  |       12
          7  ---+                           |  `-----  13
                |                           `--------  14
          8  ---+                                      15

For best results, use shielded cable and don't make it longer than
about 5 ft.

Sample of reading:
NEC-3 to ET-4000-3
NEC-4 to ET-4000-13
etc.

Happy soldering,

Wolfgang

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