▲ 266 ▼ 21st century technology sure is impressive (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by kadu@lemmy.world to c/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns@lemmy.ca 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] maddy1149@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (3 children) unfortunately i am not a vga cable (is that vga? i can barely tell) permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Probably DB9 serial. As a former network engineer, I think I still have a drawer of various adapters needed for console access to each vendors' permutation of a serial port. DB-9, DB-25, RJ-41, RJ-11, straight-through, rollover, null-modem, etc. Standards are wonderful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Nope, you're right. VGA. Couldn't see the extra row initially. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maddy1149@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago completely understandable, that’s also why i was confused. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago Standards are wonderful. The best thing about standards is that there's so many to choose from... permalink fedilink source parent [–] PrunesMakeYouPoop@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Yes, but more specifically, it's an HD-15 connector. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kirk72@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago From the image it does look like a 15-pin vga cable, which would have been an uncommon thing to require gender bending. It was a lot more common for DB9 and DB15 serial ports. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) Probably DB9 serial. As a former network engineer, I think I still have a drawer of various adapters needed for console access to each vendors' permutation of a serial port. DB-9, DB-25, RJ-41, RJ-11, straight-through, rollover, null-modem, etc. Standards are wonderful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Nope, you're right. VGA. Couldn't see the extra row initially. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maddy1149@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago completely understandable, that’s also why i was confused. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago Standards are wonderful. The best thing about standards is that there's so many to choose from... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Nope, you're right. VGA. Couldn't see the extra row initially. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maddy1149@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago completely understandable, that’s also why i was confused. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] maddy1149@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago completely understandable, that’s also why i was confused. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago Standards are wonderful. The best thing about standards is that there's so many to choose from... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PrunesMakeYouPoop@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Yes, but more specifically, it's an HD-15 connector. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kirk72@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago From the image it does look like a 15-pin vga cable, which would have been an uncommon thing to require gender bending. It was a lot more common for DB9 and DB15 serial ports. permalink fedilink source parent