====== Radius Pivot 030 Video Card ======

===== Basic Info =====

The Radius Pivot 030 was a PDS video accelerator designed for installation in the Macintosh SE/30.

All information gathered about this card will be listed in this article.

===== Supported Resolutions =====

The only VESA-standard resolution supported by this card is VGA, or 640x480.

  * 640x480x8
  * 640x870x8
  * 832x624x8

===== Hardware =====

The card itself is a PDS card without a pass-through slot. Attached to the card is a panel that can be mounted to the back of the SE/30. This panel has a standard 15-pin Apple display connection and connects to the card with a flat cable.

===== Internal Header =====

This is the internal cable:

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==== Pinout ====

^ Pin ^ Color ^ Signal ^
| 1 | black | Red ground |
| 2 | clear | Red signal |
| 3 | yellow | CSYNC |
| 4 | white | Monitor sense signal 0 |
| 5 | clear | Green signal |
| 6 | black | Green ground |
| 7 | blue | Monitor sense signal 1 |
| 8 | empty |  |
| 9 | clear | Blue signal |
| 10 | purple | Monitor sense signal 2 |
| 11 | green | CSYNC and VSYNC ground |
| 12 | orange | VSYNC |
| 13 | black | Blue ground |
| 14 | black | HSYNC ground |
| 15 | red | HSYNC |

A couple possible connectors for this header:

  * MTA 640620
  * MTA 643814

===== VGA Conversion =====

^ DA-15 (Mac) Pin ^ Description ^ DE-15 (VGA) equivalent Pin ^
| 1 | Red ground | 6 |
| 2 | Red signal | 1 |
| 3 | CSYNC | Not connected |
| 4 | Monitor sense signal 0 |  |
| 5 | Green signal | 2 |
| 6 | Green ground | 7 |
| 7 | Monitor sense signal 1 |  |
| 8 | Not connected | Not connected |
| 9 | Blue signal | 3 |
| 10 | Monitor sense signal 2 |  |
| 11 | CSYNC and VSYNC ground | 10 |
| 12 | VSYNC | 14 |
| 13 | Blue ground | 8 |
| 14 | HSYNC ground | 5 |
| 15 | HSYNC | 13 |
| Shell | Shield ground | Cable braid |

//Sense Pins: Connect pin 7 to pin 10 for VGA. Leave pin 4 not connected.//