15 Jul
2008
15 Jul
'08
3:38 p.m.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Cory K. <coryisatm(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Brad Fuller wrote:
Absolutely not. the VGA knows what sort of monitor is attached (EDID,
remember?) and adjusts what the hardware is sending.
The dongle just attaches the right physical outputs from the card to
the right inputs on the analog monitor.
There's a DVI (PC) to VGA (monitor) converter
for $400:
http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=1209
Doesn't a simple dingle do the same thing? (essentially)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Adapter_DVI_to_VGA…
I have a crap-load of these things laying around.
-Cory K. 