[Elecraft] DVI connectors with an P3SVGA

[~BG~]

"Hysterical Raisins" aside, DVI-A cables/connectors do exist, they're just
rather rare.

Some people also confuse the DMS-59 connector as a DVI connector.  It's
becoming more common on some display adaptors for dual-monitor on desktop
PCs targeted corporate environments (I see tons of old Dells and HPs with
these at the local TRW Swap meet all the time, not to mention we've got'em
at work as well).

http://www.molex.com/molex/products/family?key=dms59

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/video/P69708/Qnvs280_EN/connect.htm


./ben
W6MCM


On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Matthew D. Fuller <n3tzj at n3tzj.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:27:58AM -0500 I heard the voice of
> Bill K9YEQ, and lo! it spake thus:
>
>
> Or, more verbosely: The point of the DVI connector is to give a
> digital output (hence the Divital Visual Interface ;).  For hysterical
> raisins, there are pins on the connector that can also carry a
> VGA-style analog signal.  So a DVI port can theoretically give you
> analog, or digital, or both.  Or neither, I guess, but then it's just
> for show  ;)
>
> Re Joe's mail that I originally replied to:
>
>  > I could add a video card with DVI output to my PC. However,
>  > searching the internet it appears there are inexpensive cards with
>  > DVI but they are for DVI-A.  The cards with DVI-D output are more
>  > expensive.
>
> I'm not sure what card he's finding that has a DVI-A (only analog)
> connector on it.  I suspect he's just misreading or something's
> mislabelled, as there's no real point to that as a port on a card
> (you'd generally only find it as a cable, or possibly a monitor-side
> port).  Every DVI card I've ever seen has a DVI-I port (physical pins
> for both A/D; whether it actually has analog signal on them I don't
> know).
>
>