Video connectors (was: CGA Modes (Wuz: Win 3.0))

Tidbit: Three signals/ground shield pair for RGB (6 pins), 2 pins for H and V sync, 3 pins for INFO status telling what kind of monitor attached to video card and one diagnostic pin (when you pull the video plug off, you get flickering white raster, which is diagnostic). Also few more grounding pins and 2 is left blank. That is original IBM's design. Now in newer PnP monitors and newer video adapters uses 4 pins plus normal 9 pins so win95sux can talk to monitor for info and autoconfigure for that monitor after the fact. But those new PnP monitors will work with older cards (no PnP). 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. 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! Jason D. email: jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca Pero, Jason D.