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Connections

Here's a quick guide on connecting your PC.

Note: some PCs (especially older ones) may be different, but the color coding is standardized. The video connection and your modem will often may be located in an area of adjacent vertical or horizontal slats.

Item	Description	Color
A	PS/2* mouse port	Green
B	PS/2 keyboard port	Purple
C	USB port	Black
D	USB port	Black
E	Video port	Dark blue
F	Printer port	Burgundy
G	Serial port	Teal
H	LAN (not shown)	Black
K	Mic in	Pink
M	Audio line in	Light blue
L	Audio line out (to speakers)	Lime green

Other possible connectors (mostly SCSI):

IDC50

IDC50 Female

IDC50 Male

IDC 50 pin female, mates to IDC50 male "header", used on SCSI-1, SCSI-2, Ultra SCSI "narrow" etc. All internal 50-conductor "8-bit" SCSI uses these cconnectors.

CN50

Centronics 50
CN50 Male
cn50 female scsi connector
CN50 Female

Centronics C50 sometimes referred to as CN50, Cent50 (External connector on many SCSI-1 and some SCSI-2 Controllers) The controller connector and peripherals connectors should be females, and the cables male.

DB25

DB25 male scsi connector
DB25 Male
SCSI-1
Used with the older Macs, Zip drives, and many scanners.

db25 female scsi connector
DB25 Female

HD50

hd50 male scsi connector
HD50 Male
Mini D50 “HPDB50” (SCSI-2/SCSI-3 external connector) . The easy way to tell the difference between an HD50 and an HD68 (unless you want to count those tiny little pins) is to measure them. HPDB50 is about 1 3/8” (36mm) , and the HPDB68 is about 1 7/8” (47mm)

HD50 Female

HD68

HD68 Male
MiniD68 “HPDB68” (Ultra wide SCSI-3/ Ultra2 LVD SCSI/ wide Differential SCSI both internal and external) The internal and external connectors appear to be different, but they are the same basic connector. The easy way to tell the difference between an HD50 and an HD68 (unless you want to count those tiny little pins) is to measure them. HD50 is about 1 3/8” (36mm) , and the HD68 is about 1 7/8” (47mm).