[Coco] PSA / warning for all RGB2VGA owners

[Zippster]

Pere,

You are probably fine.  I’m not sure how much of a concern this should
be, but since it was discovered, I thought it best to let everyone know.

The simplest precaution I can think of is to simply plug pin 9 on the RGB2VGA
connector.  I can’t even find a VGA cable that has a pin 9 present on what
I have here.

- Ed


> On Oct 16, 2015, at 3:59 AM, Pere <psergm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ed,
> thanks a lot for the letting us know about this potential danger.
> 
> Concerning the VGA connector, mine has continuity in all 15 pins!
> The manual of the TV to which it is attached says that the VGA connector is for any PC VGA output.
> I don't know if PC's do output or wait for any signal on pin 9 (?)
> 
> I have tested the voltage at pin 9 on the TV side, and with the
> TV turned off or turned on the measure is always 0.00mV
> 
> I have been using it for long periods of time when my sons come home just to test our reflexes with the Donkey Kong Remix and nothing has happened by now.
> Anyway I will cut pin 9 on the RGB2VGA side just to be safer ...
> 
> cheers
> pere
> 
> 
> 
> 
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