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Offline save2600Topic starter

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Q: Digital Creations SuperGen RGB pinout
« on: December 23, 2009, 09:20:46 PM »
Greetings! Just received one of these and noticed the RGB in to the Amiga looks a little funky. Looks like a professional enough cut, but are pins 12 & 23 supposed not to be connected to the Amiga? I thought pin #23 supplied +5v, but guess it's not necessary for this unit?
 

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Re: Q: Digital Creations SuperGen RGB pinout
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2009, 05:35:31 AM »
Looks weird, doesn't it? I have one of these, too, but I've never plugged it in. As I recall, it's actually a 25pin connector with the extra pins sliced off. So all 23 should be there.
 

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Re: Q: Digital Creations SuperGen RGB pinout
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2009, 05:31:03 PM »
Right as rain you are Matt_H! LOL! I just counted 'em and yeah, all 23 are there. Seller assured me he used it that way for years - just wanted to be sure before plugging it in!

Digital Creations obviously ran out of 23 pin connectors somewhere along the line :)
 

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Re: Q: Digital Creations SuperGen RGB pinout
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2009, 08:35:37 PM »
I thought it was a clumsy hack done by a previous owner - until I saw photos of other units that were exactly the same :)
 

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Re: Q: Digital Creations SuperGen RGB pinout
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2009, 10:43:03 PM »
That's a stock plug onthe Super-Gen guys....I've long forgotten why so I won't add to any folklore.  The cable is fine....it was a hack to overcome an issue but done by an engineer.  

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Quote from: Matt_H;535035
I thought it was a clumsy hack done by a previous owner - until I saw photos of other units that were exactly the same :)