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Has someone the DB15-DB15 video cable pinout?
Posted by: MrGasS27 on 2018-05-13 06:50:12
Hi everybody 🙂

I usually use a 13" AppleColor High-Resolution RGB Monitor (640x480) and I want to replicate the DB15 Male - DB15 Male cable to connect the monitor to Mac, my multimeter is broken and right now I can't discover the pinout (I'm looking for a multimeter with a piezo beeper) so, has someone the pinout of that cable?

Thank you! 🙂

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Posted by: elbaroni on 2021-01-05 23:16:32
Hi all - revivifying an old thread, but I’m also keen to find an answer to this question. Is the Mac monitor DB15 to DB15 cable just a straight through thing or something more complicated?
Posted by: BacioiuC on 2021-01-05 23:21:28
Should be pretty straight through. I've had a friend make me a DB15 to VGA adapter using this pinouts

- https://microgecko.com/binnacle/?p=885

- https://old.pinouts.ru/Audio-Video-Hardware/MacVideoToVGA_pinout.shtml

So for DB15 to DB15 it should be directly.
Posted by: elbaroni on 2021-01-06 00:11:06
Thanks BacioiuC — I’ll check that out. 
Posted by: NJRoadfan on 2021-01-07 05:32:16
The cable is straight-thru. One thing to be mindful of is that all the pins should be present and wired on the cable. Apple shipped the AppleColor RGB monitor for the Apple IIgs with a DB-15 cable that is missing pins and it will NOT work with a AppleColor High Resolution Monitor. The Apple IIgs doesn't use the sense pins on the DB-15 connector, so Apple saved a few cents on the cable by eliminating the unused pins.
Posted by: elbaroni on 2021-01-14 15:15:21
Thanks NJRoadfan. 
 

I bought this cable and it works marvellously:

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Appreciate the advice, as always. 
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