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A retro problem (fedia.io)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's how we connected monitors to our PCs. Before I had DVI I used that to connect my desktop to my monitor. My old laptop had that port but now they have HDMI, adding audio and some other features I never use.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just to tag along, the VGA signal is analog where DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort are digital

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

DVI had an analog variant as well. I'm obligated to say this because that cable compatibility confused the shit out of me at least once.

You had to check for pins above and below the wide "dash" shaped pin to know if it supported analog.