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> They get confused by the difference between VGA, DisplayPort, HDMI, and DVI Back when there were RS232 (aka 9 pin) connectors on PCs, my dad's computer had t
by PopeDotNinja 7y ago
> They get confused by the difference between VGA, DisplayPort, HDMI, and DVI
Back when there were RS232 (aka 9 pin) connectors on PCs, my dad's computer had two mail connectors, one CGA and one serial port (I think it was a serial port, but I'm not sure, as those connectors were usually female). I took the VGA cable and accidentally plugged it into the serial port. When I turned on the computer, I heard the startup chirping noises, the screen was black for a few seconds, and then white smoke started pouring out of the power supply. I turned it off REAL fast :) Somehow the computer still worked after that.
EDIT: changed VGA to CGA
- anonsivalley652 7y agoVGA is DE-15 (3 rows), DE-9 (erroneously called DB-9) is 2 rows. ;) Interestingly, VGA only really needs 6 pins to operate: R G B VSYNC HSYNC & GND, and monochrome only needs 4. I don't see how that's possible without really crushing it in there. Also, CGA & EGA were the same connector as serial (DE-9), which would've been easier to confuse. It could've been worse: I knew a guy in high-school who plugged a parallel printer into a Mac classic's SCSI DB-25 (the same physical connector as a parallel port, female on the computer; DB-25 serial is a male connector on a PC) and baked it into "apple pie" with that "lovely" magic smoke aroma.
- PopeDotNinja 7y agoYup, you are right, it was CGA. Fixed.