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13w3 to DA15 Cable - Pinouts or (Possibly) Borrow One for Testing?

warmech

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I've recently picked up a Portrait Display with no cable, so I have no way to test it. Does anyone know the pinout for the 13w3 connector (found a thread where someone on here had built one, but didn't provide the pinout)? Alternatively, is there anyone on here in the North Texas area that has one I could borrow to test my display with (or bring my display by to test)?
 

TimHD

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The Apple Macintosh Portrait Display Monitor manual has the pin outs at the back:
https://vintageapple.org/macmanuals/pdf/Apple_Macintosh_Potrait_Display_Owners_Guide1989.pdf

I believe you can find the standard Mac Video DA15 pinouts quite easily in many places, including:
https://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/mac_monitor_note.html

Do watch out for those Sun 13w3 cables that are sometimes listed for sale and say they are compatible (eg for a 13w3 High Res/Portait(?) Display Card to the Portrait Display) they don’t always work, so best get a used one someone has gotten to work if you aren’t going to make your own cable…
 
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warmech

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Oddly, I wound up stumbling across this (from the IIsi hardware developer's guide). I'm going to pick up a set of male 13w3 and DA15 connectors from Mouser will-call tomorrow afternoon and give this a test...

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oldappleguy

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I have a cable to attach a full page display to a full page display video card its d25 on both ends.
590-0574 A
 

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