> unscrew the two jammed retaining bolts holding in a serial, parallel, scsi, vga, or DVI Yes, it was kind of annoying, but OTOH it provided reliable robustnes

> unscrew the two jammed retaining bolts holding in a serial, parallel, scsi, vga, or DVI Yes, it was kind of annoying, but OTOH it provided reliable robustness. Today, many connectors are just too prone to unintentional disconnect. And in the case of optional locks, like e.g. on some DP cables, one never know if the cable has the lock or is just stuck.