Chapter 1 
Serial Port Connector: COM A 
The mainboard offers one 9-pin male DIN connector as serial port COM 
A. The port is a 16550A high speed communication port that sends/receives 
16 bytes FIFOs. You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly 
to it. 
Pin Definition 
1 2 3 4 5 
6 7 8 9 
9-Pin Male DIN Connector 
PIN  SIGNAL 
DESCRIPTION 
1 
DCD  Data Carry Detect 
2  SIN 
Serial In or Receive Data 
3 
SOUT  Serial Out or Transmit Data 
4  DTR 
Data Terminal Ready) 
5  GND 
Ground 
6  DSR 
Data Set Ready 
7 
RTS  Request
 To
 Send 
8  CTS 
Clear To Send 
9  Rl 
Ring indicate 
VGA DB 15 Pin Connector 
One DB 15-pin VGA connector is supplied for connection to a VGA 
monitor. 
Pin Definition 
DB 15-Pin Female Connector 
Analog Video Display Connector (DB-15S) 
PIN 
SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 
1  Red 
2 
Green 
3  Blue 
4 
Not used 
5 
Ground 
6  Ground 
7  Ground 
8  Ground 
9  Power 
10  Ground 
11  Not used 
12 
SDA 
13  Horizontal Sync 
14  Vertical Sync 
15 
SCL 
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