PC Compatibility Card: Specialty Cable Pinouts

This article lists the pinouts for the 7-Inch and 12-Inch PCI-based Apple PC Compatibility Cards specialty cable. This cable connects the DOS Compatibility Card to display devices. The article also has the pinouts for the card's on board 15-pin gameport.
DB26 Connector Pin Assignments
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Pin number   Signal         Description
----------   ---------      -----------
1            MAC HSYNC      Macintosh horizontal synchronize
2, 4, 6, 8   GND            Logic ground
3            MAC BLUE       Macintosh blue signal
5            SENSE0         Sense line 0
7            BLUE OUT       Blue output from PCI card
9            HSYNC OUT      Horizontal synchronize output from PCI card
10           MAC CSYNC      Macintosh contrast synchronize
11, 13, 15,  GND            Chassis ground
17, 21, 24   GND            Chassis ground
12           MAC GREEN      Macintosh green signal
14           SENSE1         Sense line 1
16           GREEN OUT      Green output from PCI card
18           CSYNC OUT      Contrast synchronize output from PCI card
19           MAC VSYNC      Macintosh vertical synchronize
20           MAC RED        Macintosh red signal
22           CABLE DET L    Cable detect low
23           SENSE2         Sense line 2
25           RED OUT        Red output from PCI card
26           VSYNC OUT      Vertical synchronize output from PCI card


DB15 Gameport Connector Pin Assignments
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Pin number        Signal        Description
----------        ---------     -----------
1, 8, 9           +5 V +5 V     power input
2                 JOYF0 O       Joystick F0 output
3                 JRC0 O A      x-axis control
4, 5              GND           Chassis ground
6                 JRC1 O A      y-axis control
7                 JOYF1 O       Joystick F1 output
10                JOYF2 O       Joystick F2 output
11                JRC2 O B      x-axis control
12                MIDI OUT O    MIDI output
13                JRC3 O B      y-axis control
14                JOYF3 O       Joystick F3 output
15                MIDI IN O     MIDI input output


For more details, please refer to the Developer note which can be found at on the World Wide Web at the following URL:

<ftp://ftp.apple.com/devworld/Technical_Documentation/Developer_Notes/Peripherals/
12%267_PC_Compatibility_Cards.sit.hqx>


This article was published in the Information Alley on 25 February 1997.
Published Date: Feb 18, 2012