> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Sam > O'nella > Sent: 14 July 2016 06:44 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: RE: Reproduction micros > > I haven't built or marketed anything myself but i believe if i > understood correctly from several folks who have that vga was a cheaper > choice due to licensing costs for dvi or hdmi at the time.
I didn't think there were licencing costs for DVI but apparently I am wrong. The connector is absolutely horrid. > > Not sure if vga is past that point or open but when keeping home brew kits > cheap for us hobbyists every dollar counts. > As far as I know VGA has always been open. I can't see anything patentable in the spec, its really just RGB with higher sync rates. > It would be interesting maybe as a Wikipedia page (thought there was one) > to show which projects were out there and preferably which are still > active. A shrinking but understandable issue when buying im batches with > personal money in hopes that theyll sell eventually. That would take some updating... Dave
