Duh! Yes DE! Same issue with coding. Jnz and jmp are not the same On Thursday, April 16, 2020, Mike Stein <mhs.st...@gmail.com> wrote:
> DE-15HD > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> > *To:* m...@bitchin100.com > *Sent:* Thursday, April 16, 2020 3:21 PM > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Video adapter. > > thanks that is interesting. so a VGA connector is DB-15. > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 3:05 PM Tom Wilson <wilso...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 11:46 AM RETRO Innovations <go4re...@go4retro.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On 4/16/2020 11:17 AM, Tom Wilson wrote: >>> > Does the kit just not have a serial connector, or is it a DB-25? >>> > >>> > (fun trivia fact... there is no DB-9. The “B” refers to the size of >>> > the shell, and the 9 pin D-Sun is axtually an E size. So a 9 pin port >>> > is DE-9. But since so many people say it wrong, manufactures just >>> > incorrectly call then DB-9.) >>> >>> Which makes it a redundant statement, right: DE-9 = D(9)-9 :-) >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> >> Not really. DE doesn't mean "9 pin." DE is the physical size of the >> shell. 9 is the number of pins. Both parts of the name are required to >> correctly specify the connector. >> A VGA port is the same size as a 9-pin serial port, but it has 15 pins on >> three rows. So it's a DE-15HD. (As you'd expect, HD means "High Desnsity".) >> A game port (the old school 15-pin one) is actually a DA shell, so it's >> DA-15. >> >> So this can cause confusion if you tell someone you need a "DB-15" >> connector, since there are two D-Sub connectors that commonly use 15 pins - >> the DE-15HD VGA connector and the DA-15 >> >> [image: image.png] >> >> Here's the size chart from Wikipedia >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature>. >> >> >> >> >>
