3 Feb
1998
3 Feb
'98
10:03 a.m.
At 14:44 2/3/98 +0000, Jason D. wrote:
So we do need that fragile 15 pin connectors. But with
care, you can
have one that last for years from plugging/unplugging. The mistake
was idiotic users forcing all ham-fist it in too hard in bit wrong
way or backwards.
Agreed, "with care." But too much care for the average user. Even I, who
like to think I know what I'm doing, repeat the mantra "Never jam in a VGA
connector no matter what" whenever I have the D-shell in my hand, just to
slow myself down properly.
Simple solution: look at both shells to see right
way around and that famale one is really VGA connector, fit straight
in and push in, if you feel something hard and connector is not yet
all the way in yet, STOoOPP!
But it's not a simple ENOUGH solution because, when I'm in the field and
detaching a monitor from its computer, 50% of the connectors I look at have
one pin bent in an L and jammed against the inner wall of the shell. The
design isn't adequate to real-world use, is my point -- whereas a DB9, for
example, certainly is. I'm not saying we don't need 15 pins; I say we need
15 THICKER pins, and since this connector is typically the only connector
on the back of a VGA adapter, there's plenty of room.
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