Retro Vintage Connectors 13 pins

Sun SparcStation 13W3 Video

13W3 is a hybrid D-sub connector with 10 standard signal pins plus 3 coaxial contacts used for RGB video on Sun workstations, SGI machines, and some DEC equipment from the 1980s and 1990s.

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// Specifications

Standard

13W3 composite D-sub coax

Pin Count

13 (10 signal + 3 coax)

Signals

RGB composite sync and control

Voltage

0.7V RGB video

Status

Obsolete replaced by VGA and DVI

Use Case

Sun SparcStation SGI workstations DEC Alpha

// Pin Reference Table

Pin	Name	Function	Type
A1	RED	Red analog video 0.7V	ADC
A2	GREEN	Green analog video 0.7V	ADC
A3	BLUE	Blue analog video 0.7V	ADC
1	SERDAT	Sync on green or serial data	I/O
2	SENSE0	Monitor sense bit 0	I/O
3	COMPOSITE_SYNC	Composite sync	I/O
4	HSYNC	Horizontal sync	I/O
5	VSYNC	Vertical sync	I/O
6	GND	Ground	GND
7	SENSE1	Monitor sense bit 1	I/O
8	SENSE2	Monitor sense bit 2	I/O
9	GND	Ground	GND
10	GND	Ground	GND

13W3 is a hybrid D-sub connector with 10 standard signal pins plus 3 coaxial contacts used for RGB video on Sun workstations, SGI machines, and some DEC equipment from the 1980s and 1990s.