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Obselete PC ports that your PC still uses TODAY

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    #32
    5rtytry56
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    Notice nobody has mentioned the co-axial TV cable port. This featured on the original Raspberry Pi B. Maybe all the boardsie Raspberry Pi users have thrown their Raspberry B's out. :)
    Yes, I still have my Pi B, but I use the HDMI port for display.


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    #33
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    5rtytry56 wrote: »
    Notice nobody has mentioned the co-axial TV cable port. This featured on the original Raspberry Pi B. Maybe all the boardsie Raspberry Pi users have thrown their Raspberry B's out. :)
    Yes, I still have my Pi B, but I use the HDMI port for display.
    I've seen people use these as test card generators for old CRTs. :D


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    #34
    Fysh
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    5rtytry56 wrote: »
    Notice nobody has mentioned the co-axial TV cable port. This featured on the original Raspberry Pi B. Maybe all the boardsie Raspberry Pi users have thrown their Raspberry B's out. :)
    Yes, I still have my Pi B, but I use the HDMI port for display.

    I've got a home-modded 3.5" display that I can power via USB and connect to the Pi via that composite video port (so combined with a USB power source it's a portable system, mainly used for RetroPie). However, barring console connector cables (with the addition of a composite-SCART adapter) I think it's the only time I've ever used composite video :)

    As for VGA and higher resolutions - sure, it's possible. Rarely reliable, though, and over the last few years you'd be making an unwise choice to prefer VGA over every other alternative...


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    #35
    riclad
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    I was in an office today all the laptops are new ,
    windows 10 os.
    There,s a vga connector on the projector connected to a new laptop.
    I think vga is the standard input on all projectors ,
    vga is still being installed on new laptops ,tvs, an projectors .
    theres no way its obsolete .
    maybe its like usb 2 a legacy standard .
    i regard a port as obsolete when its no longer being put into new pcs or
    laptops .


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    #36
    [Deleted User]
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    VGA is optional on Intel Skylake processors. I even came across a HP server, the ML10 Gen9, which only has DisplayPort.


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