{"product_id":"vga-adapter-for-macintosh-portable","title":"VGA Adapter for Macintosh Portable","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a “plug and play” VGA adapter for the Macintosh Portable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimply plug into your Portable’s display output port, connect to a VGA monitor, and you will get a 640×480 resolution output of the Portable’s 640×400 internal display. Black bars are added to the top and bottom for centering purposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe green LED on the Pico stick blinks after every frame of video is captured. It’s expected for that to steadily flicker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImportant Notes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Please only connect or disconnect this adapter when the Portable is turned off\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*\u003cstrong\u003e DO NOT use VGA extender cables for the connection to the Portable (see longer description below for why this is a problem)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Keep all conductive materials away from the male connector which plugs into the Portable – there’s a pin here which is always connected directly to battery voltage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorks for both the M5120 and M5126 (original and Backlit Portables).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Hardware Version 1, 2024-03]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy should you not use a VGA male to female extender cable for the male port labeled “Plugs Directly Into Portable”?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause although this display port looks like a VGA connector, it most definitely \u003cem\u003eis not VGA\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Portable has power pins on #3, #8, and #13 of this connector. And naturally, one of those pins is a \u003cem\u003eground\u003c\/em\u003e connection on VGA. The VGA cables I’ve tested simply bridge together all the ground pins in the \u003cem\u003econnector housing\u003c\/em\u003e. This means that you will be shorting the Portable’s main 5v supply directly to ground, with predictably bad results.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’ll say it again: DO NOT use VGA extender cables on the male plug which connects to the Portable. Extenders on the female connector for the display should be ok, but are untested.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s even a pin on the external display connector which is always directly connected to battery voltage – keep anything conductive away from the connector pins which plug into the Portable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSold under license from Tech By Androda LLC\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom's BlueSCSI Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44013929857060,"sku":"PortableVGA-built","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/2078\/7748\/files\/o_1ijtivoorpbv1tte1ugn1sa11tceh.avif?v=1775576515","url":"https:\/\/bluescsi.myshopify.com\/products\/vga-adapter-for-macintosh-portable","provider":"Tom's BlueSCSI Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}