strange 15pin d-sub cable

[cokecan]

hey guys, ive just found a wierd vga cable in a box of wires i have.

its got a 9-pin din connector on one end eith a small cut out (the kind you have on your g-card that provides s-video and composite out, infact exactly the same size i think) and on the other there is a 15pin d-sub connector (vga)

any one have any ideas if it'd work if i connected it up to a g-card and monitor?

 

[wizardmaxx]

Take a pic and post it

Sounds like an old ega connector

 

[cokecan]

ok here are a few pics

 

[wizardmaxx]

Googled ... nothing. Looks like an ATi vga to s-video connector of sorts.

 

[ps2wizz]

yeah i tried googling too but couldnt find anythin. do ya think it would cause any harm to anythin if he tried it?

 

[wizardmaxx]

Geforce2 - Mabye it try it
X1900xt - No way dude.

 

[ps2wizz]

you can try it on that old radeon 7000 you have lol

 

[cokecan]

lol i love my 7000!!!

i might try it later, just as long as it dont destroy any of my monitors

the closest i could find on google was an actual s-video to vga cable

 

[wizardmaxx]

Think i got it

A vga to s-video cable for a projector

 

[cokecan]

but its not actually an s-video cable on the end?? s-video is a 4-pin din of sorts. this ones a 9-pin din that you find on g-cards that is usually a multi out/in. i.e. splits off to composite and s-video in and out for VIVO cards or just composite and s-video out for other cards

 

[wizardmaxx]

Correction.

It looks like one of these

http://abrij.org/~bri/hw/diamond_bt848.html

 

[queamin]

yes i had one end like that on my holywood + mpeg card for dvd's and video before videocard did it in hardware around the 3dfx days and other end of lead was yellow and orange and a s-video out