POWER SUPPLY CONNECTORS Typical Power Supply has 6 Connectors: 2 ea.

- 6 pin for
Motherboard Power and 4 ea. - 4 pin for Disk Drive Power.
Motherboard Power Connectors
P8
Pin
Signal
----------------------------1 - Power Good
2 - +5v (or N.C.)
3 - +12v
4 - -12v
5 - GND
6 - GND
Disk Drive Power Connectors

P9
Pin
Signal
--------------------------1 - GND
2 - GND
3 - -5v
4 - +5v
5 - +5v
6 - +5v
(4 - 4 pin)

Pin
Signal
----------------------------1 - +12v
2 - GND
3 - GND
4 - +5v

MOTHERBOARD CONNECTORS Motherboards have various combinations of connectors depend

ing
on design type and built-in facilities. These will be found in
a
typical clone.
Backup Battery Connector (AT only)
Pin
Signal
----------------------------1 - Batt+
2 - [KEY]
3 - GND
4 - GND
LED Power and Key Lock (AT only)
Pin
Signal
----------------------------1 - LED power

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3
4
5

GND
GND
Key Switch
GND

Speaker Connector
Pin
Signal
----------------------------1 - -Speaker
2 - [KEY]
3 - GND
4 - +Speaker +5v
Turbo Indicator Connector
Used only on Turbo switchable machines. Safest Connector o
n
the machines that have it; can't be connected backwards!
Pin
Signal
----------------------------1 - +5v
2 - *HIGH SPEED
3 - +5v
MOTHERBOARD I/O CARD EXPANSION SLOTS
Not exactly for cabling, but a good reference anyway.
8-bit slots (PC/XT/AT)
COMPONENT SIDE

NON-COMPONENT SIDE

Pin Signal
--------------A1
-I/O CH CLK
A2
SD7
A3
SD6
A4
SD5
A5
SD4
A6
SD3
A7
SD2
A8
SD1
A9
SD0
A10 -I/O CH RDY
A11 AEN
A12 SA19
A13 SA18
A14 SA17

Pin Signal
--------------B1
GND
B2
RESET DRV
B3
+5v
B4
IRQ 9
B5
-5v
B6
DRQ 2
B7
-12v
B8
Reserved / OWS
B9
+12v
B10 GND
B11 -SMEMW
B12 -SMEMR
B13 -IOW
B14 -IOR

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A16
A17
A18
A19
A20
A21
A22
A23
A24
A25
A26
A27
A28
A29
A30
A31

SA16
SA15
SA14
SA13
SA12
SA11
SA10
SA9
SA8
SA7
SA6
SA5
SA4
SA3
SA2
SA1
SA0

B15
B16
B17
B18
B19
B20
B21
B22
B23
B24
B25
B26
B27
B28
B29
B30
B31

-DACK3
DRQ3
-DACK1
DRQ1
-REFRESH
CLK
IRQ7
IRQ6
IRQ5
IRQ4
IRQ3
-DACK2
T/C
BALE
+5v
OSC
GND

Motherbaord Expansion slots continued...

16-bit Slots (AT only)
COMPONENT SIDE

NON-COMPONENT SIDE

Pin Signal
--------------C1
SBHE
C2
LA23
C3
LA22
C4
LA21
C5
LA20
C6
LA19
C7
LA18
C8
LA17
C9
-MEMR
C10 -MEMW
C11 SD08
C12 SD09
C13 SD10
C14 SD11
C15 SD12
C16 SD13
C17 SD14
C18 SD15

Pin Signal
--------------D1
-MEM CS16
D2
-I/O CS16
D3
IRQ10
D4
IRQ11
D5
IRQ12
D6
IRQ13
D7
IRQ14
D8
-DACK0
D9
DRQ0
D10 -DACK5
D11 DRQ5
D12 -DACK6
D13 DRQ6
D14 -DACK7
D15 DRQ7
D16 +5v
D17 -MASTER
D18 GND

Keyboard Connector
Pin
Signal
----------------------------1 - KBD CLK OUT

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3
4
5

KBD
KBD
KBD
KBD

SERIAL OUT
RESET IN
GND
+5v

FLOPPY DISK CABLES Floppy / Hard Drive Power Connectors

Pin
Signal
----------------------------1 - +12v
2 - GND
3 - GND
4 - +5v
Floppy Disk Drive Interface Cable
Pin
Signal
Pin
Signal
------------------------------------------------------------1 - GND
2 - N/C
3 - GND
4 - N/C
5 - GND
6 - N/C
7 - GND
8 - Index
9 - GND
10 - Motor Enable A
11 - GND
12 - Drive Select B
13 - GND
14 - Drive Select A
15 - GND
16 - Motor Enable B
17 - GND
18 - Stepper Direction
19 - GND
20 - Step Pulse
21 - GND
22 - Write Data
23 - GND
24 - Write Enable
25 - GND
26 - Track 0
27 - GND
28 - Write Protect
29 - GND
30 - Read Data
31 - GND
32 - Select Head 1
33 - GND
34 - (Spare)

HARD DISK CABLES ST-506 Hard Disk Drive Control/Data Cables

Floppy / Hard Drive Power Connectors
Pin
Signal
----------------------------1 - +12v

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3
4

GND
GND
+5v

ST-506 Control Cable

Pin
Signal
Pin
Signal
------------------------------------------------------------1 - Head Select 8
2 - GND
3 - Head Select 4
4 - GND
5 - Write Gate
6 - GND
7 - Seek Complete
8 - GND
9 - Track 0
10 - GND
11 - Write Default
12 - GND
13 - Head Select 1
14 - GND
15 - Reserved
16 - GND
17 - Head Select 2
18 - GND
19 - Index
20 - GND
21 - Ready
22 - GND
23 - Step
24 - GND
25 - Drive Select 1
26 - GND
27 - Drive Select 2
28 - GND
29 - Drive Select 3
30 - GND
31 - Drive Select 4
32 - GND
33 - Direction In
34 - GND
ST-506 Data Cable
Pin
Signal
Pin
Signal
------------------------------------------------------------1 - Drive Selected
2 - GND
3 - Reserved
4 - GND
5 - Reserved
6 - GND
7 - Reserved
8 - GND
9 - Reserved
10 - GND
11 - GND
12 - GND
13 - MFM Write Data+
14 - MFM Write Data15 - GND
16 - GND
17 - MFM Read Data+
18 - MFM Read Data19 - GND
20 - GND
ESDI Hard Disk Drive Control/Data Cables
ESDI Control Cable
Pin
Signal
Pin
Signal
------------------------------------------------------------1 - Head Select 3
2 - GND
3 - Head Select 2
4 - GND
5 - Write Gate
6 - GND
7 - Config/Status Data
8 - GND

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11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33

Transfer Ack.
Attention
Head Select 0
Sec/Addr Mark Find
Head Select 1
Index
Ready
Transfer Request
Drive Select 1
Drive Select 2
Drive Select 3
Read Gate
Command Data

10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
34

GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND

ESDI Data Cable

Pin
Signal
Pin
Signal
------------------------------------------------------------1 - Drive Selected
2 - Sec/Addr Mark Found
3 - Seek Completed
4 - Address Mark Enable
5 - Reserved/Step Mode
6 - GND
7 - Write Clock+
8 - Write Clock9 - Cartridge Changed
10 - Read Ref. Clock+
11 - Read Ref. Clock12 - GND
13 - NRZ Write Data+
14 - NRZ Write Data15 - GND
16 - GND
17 - NRZ Read Data+
18 - NRZ Read Data19 - GND
20 - Index
SCSI Hard Disk Drive Interface Cable
Pin
Signal
Pin
Signal
------------------------------------------------------------1 - GND
2 - Data Line 0
3 - GND
4 - Data Line 1
5 - GND
6 - Data Line 2
7 - GND
8 - Data Line 3
9 - GND
10 - Data Line 4
11 - GND
12 - Data Line 5
13 - GND
14 - Data Line 6
15 - GND
16 - Data Line 7
17 - GND
18 - Data Parity Line
19 - GND
20 - GND
21 - GND
22 - GND
23 - GND
24 - GND
25 - N/C
26 - Terminator Power
27 - GND
28 - GND
29 - GND
30 - GND
31 - GND
32 - Attention
33 - GND
34 - GND
35 - GND
36 - Busy
37 - GND
38 - Acknowledge

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41
43
45
47
49

GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND

40
42
44
46
48
50

Reset
Message
Select
C/D
Request
I/O

DISPLAY ADAPTOR CONNECTORS Monochrome (MDA), Hercules, Color (CGA) Adaptors

Connector type - DB-9
Pin
Signal
Pin Signal
-----------------------------------------------------------------1
GND
6
Intensity
2
GND
7
Video *
3
N/C or RED
8
Horizontal Drive
4
N/C or GREEN
9
Vertical Drive
5
N/C or BLUE
* NTSC Video on some clone boards
EGA Adaptor
Connector Type - DB-9
Pin
Signal
Pin Signal
-----------------------------------------------------------------1
GND
6
Secondary Green / Intensity
2
Secondary Red
7
Secondary Blue / Mono Video
3
Primary Red
8
Horizontal Drive
4
Primary Green
9
Vertical Drive
5
Primary Blue
VGA Adaptor
Connector Type - DB-15
Pin
Signal
Pin Signal
-----------------------------------------------------------------1
Red Video
9
[KEY]
2
Green Video
10
Sync GND
3
Blue Video
11
Monitor ID - Bit 1
4 - Monitor ID - Bit 2
12
Monitor ID - Bit 0
5 - GND
13
Horizontal Sync
6 - Red GND
14
Vertical Sync
7 - Green GND
15
N/C (Reserved)

Pgina 7

Blue GND

PARALLEL PRINTER PORT

I/O Mapping
-------------------------LPT1:
$378-37A
LPT2:
$278-27A
DB-25 Connector (Computer End)
Pin
Signal
Pin Signal
-----------------------------------------------------------------1
*STROBE
14
*Auto Feed
2
Data Bit 0
15
*Error
3
Data Bit 1
16
*Initialize Printer
4
Data Bit 2
17
*Select Input
5
Data Bit 3
18
GND
6
Data Bit 4
19
GND
7
Data Bit 5
20
GND
8
Data Bit 6
21
GND
9
Data Bit 7
22
GND
10
*Acknowledge
23
GND
11
Busy
24
GND
12
Paper Out
25
GND
13
Select
Centronics 36 pin Connector (Printer End)
Pin
Signal
Pin Signal
-----------------------------------------------------------------1
*STROBE
19
GND
2
Data Bit 0
20
GND
3
Data Bit 1
21
GND
4
Data Bit 2
22
GND
5
Data Bit 3
23
GND
6
Data Bit 4
24
GND
7
Data Bit 5
25
GND
8
Data Bit 6
26
GND
9
Data Bit 7
27
GND
10
*Acknowledge
28
GND
11
Busy
29
GND
12
Paper Out
30
GND
13
Select
31
*Prime
14
*Auto Feed XT
32
*Error
15
{OSCXT}
33
Signal GND
16
Signal GND
34
N/C
17
Frame GND
35
N/C

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+5v

36

N/C

SERIAL PORTS
NOTE: The IBM PC uses a DTE (Data Terminal Equipment) Connection
standard. Most Modems are DCE (Data Communication Equipment).
I/O Map
----------------------------COM1:
$3F8-3FF
COM2:
$2F8-2FF
COM3:
$3E8-3EF
COM4:
$2E8-2EF
DB-9 Connector
Pin
Signal
Pin Signal
-----------------------------------------------------------------1
CD
Carrier Detect
6
DSR Data Set Ready
2
RXD Receive Data
7
RTS Request to Send
3
TXD Transmit Data
8
CTS Clear to Send
4
DTR Data Term. Ready
9
RI
Ring Indicator
5
GND Signal GND
DB-25 Connector
Pin
Signal
Pin Signal
-----------------------------------------------------------------1
GND Ground / Shield
14
{2nd TXD}
2
TXD Transmit Data
15
Transmit Clock
3
RXD Received Data
16
{2nd Rec. Clock}
4
RTS Request to Send
17
{Receive Clock}
5
CTS Clear to Send
18
{Unassigned}
6
DSR Data Set Ready
19
{2nd RTS}
7
GND Ground
20
DTR Data Term Ready
8
DCD Carrier Detect
21
{Sig. Quality}
9
{Reserved}
22
RI
Ring Indicator
10
{Reserved}
23
{Data Rate Sel.}
11
{Unassigned}
24
{Transmit Clock}
12
{2nd CD}
25
{Unassigned}
13
{2nd CTS}

NULL MODEM CONNECTION-

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RS-232 Definition
Signal

Computer/Terminal
Modem
DTE
DCE
9-pin
25-pin
25-pin
-----------------------------------------------------------------GND Signal GND
5
1
1
TXD Transmit Data
3
2
3
RXD Receive Data
2
3
2
RTS Req. to Send
7
4
5
CTS Clear to Send
8
5
4
DSR Data Set Ready
6
6
20
GND Chassis GND
7
7
CD
Carrier Detect
1
8
8
DTR Data Term. Ready
4
20
6
DTE

DCE

1 1
2
2

3
3
4
4

5
5
6

20

6
7
8
20

GAME CONNECTOR
DB-15 Connector
Pin
Signal
Pin Signal
-----------------------------------------------------------------1
+5v
9
+5v
2
Button 1-1
10
Button 2-1
3
X1
11
X2
4
GND
12
GND
5
GND
13
Y2
6
Y1
14
Button 2-2
7
Button 1-2
15
N/C
8
N/C

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Buttons - Connect from GND to Button inputs

X and Y pots connect from +5v to X-Y inputs.

JOYSTICK CONNECTOR
DB-9 Connector
Pin
Signal
Pin Signal
-----------------------------------------------------------------1
JOY0
6
Fire Button
2
JOY1
7
+5v
3
JOY2
8
GND
4
JOY3
9
POT X
5
POT Y

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