Solved: schematic help... connecting wires

You need eight single pole single throw switches.

Wire together one contact of all switches and then connect that line to pin #9 (Ground)

Individually connect the remaining contacts to pins #1 through #8.

Leaving a switch open will drive the matching input to a logic high level. Closing a switch will drive the matching input to a logic low.

I suspect that you need a momentary contact switch for the Degauss line (pin #5).

 

No. You connect a separate SPST switch between each of of pins #1 through #8 and ground. All switches except for the one for pin#5 need to be able keep their opened or closed position. The switch for pin#5 needs to be a normally open momentary contact

Connecting a pin to ground will cause the action that is listed for a logic low in the chart to occur. For pins #1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 this will activate the given function. Pins # 6 and 7 have both active high and low functions. Leaving a switch open will cause the input to go to a TTL logic high level.

NOTE: I read your other post about the VGA pinout conversion. You should be able to get an 8 position DIP switch and a single momentary contact switch at Frys. Using 7 of the 8 switches in the DIP pack may be cheaper and more compact than buying 7 individual switches.