Re: The end of VGA

From	Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: The end of VGA
Date	2016-02-03 12:54 -0500
Organization	National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Message-ID	<alpine.LNX.2.02.1602031252360.27112@darkstar.example.org> (permalink)
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On Wed, 3 Feb 2016, Scott Alfter wrote:

> In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1602021254490.25385@darkstar.example.org>,
> Michael Black  <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
>> I have PCMCIA modems and ethernet boards that have odd connectors on them,
>> nice and thin, which rely on a small cable with the proper connector on
>> the other end.
>
> Better still were the modems and network cards with pop-out RJ-11 or RJ-45
> connectors (as appropriate)...no dongles to lose:
>
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/XJACK_network_card_extended.jpg
>
I was just making the point that while odd connectors are annoying, they 
are less annoying than moving to a completely different standard.  VGA on 
a different connector is still VGA.

   Michael

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  Re: The end of VGA Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-01-31 14:04 +0000
    Re: The end of VGA Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-31 11:36 -0500
      Re: The end of VGA scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2016-02-01 21:21 +0000
  Re: The end of VGA Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2016-02-01 23:01 -0800
  Re:The end of VGA RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2016-02-02 16:01 +0300
    Re: The end of VGA songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2016-02-02 11:33 -0500
      Re: The end of VGA Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2016-02-03 19:53 -0800
    Re: The end of VGA Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-02-02 16:55 +0000
      Re: The end of VGA Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-02-02 18:32 +0000
    Re:The end of VGA Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-02 12:58 -0500
      Re:The end of VGA Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-02-02 18:40 +0000
        Re: The end of VGA Mike Tomlinson <mike@jasper.org.uk> - 2016-02-03 17:52 +0000
      Re: The end of VGA scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2016-02-03 17:07 +0000
        Re: The end of VGA Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-03 12:54 -0500

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