> Some pinouts are
> 
> 1 - Gnd
> 2 - Vcc
> 3 - Vee
> ....
> 
> 
> while some are
> 
> 1 - Gnd
> 2 - Vee
> 3 - Vcc
> ....
> 
> I have figured out the above three but am not sure whether the rest of
> the pins re same!
Why not try it? If you're sure about the supply pins, there's much less
risk of frying the display (unless you feed it some VPP, which I did
once) just by sending data to it.
 
> The red tracer on the ribbon cable that is attached to the display is
> on pin 14 which surprises me!
Mine too. Or I can connect it the other way round, and have the marker
on pin 2. Not much better IMHO so I soldered connectors to each end
of a piece of ribbon cable, so I have a standard pin layout at the
other end.

I think you should try it, because if you ever need to replace it, a
16x2 lcd is very cheap (I got a 24X2  w/ backlight for 4$)

Good luck
Christian

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