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--- av:japanese_rgb-15 [2014/08/24 04:36] – eidis
+++ av:japanese_rgb-15 [2016/05/30 15:33] – Added intro about the Ys line. lawrence
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 ====== Japanese RGB-15 Connector ======
-This connector is the standard for many pre-DOS/V (IBM compatible) computers in Japan.  The PC-9801, X68000 and FM Towns all used this pinout, or similar variants of it.  **Pay attention to the differences, they are important!**
+This connector is the standard for many pre-DOS/V (IBM compatible) computers in Japan.  The PC-9801, X68000 and FM Towns all used this pinout, or similar variants of it.
+**<color indianred>Pay attention to the differences, they are important!</color>**  Specifically, watch the Ys line.  This is a 5V signal from the machine that tells the monitor a computer is actively sending video.  Without this signal many monitors will not attempt to show anything, and my NEC monitor simply goes into standby.  Since many devices don't include 5V (for example, VGA) you may have to add this yourself.  I wired mine to a USB connector, and plug that in to any USB device to activate the monitor.
 **NOTE** the numbers are usually visible on the connector itself.  If you're looking at the business end of the female connector, pin 1 is on the right.  On a male connector it's on the left.