First post, by Tetrium
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- l33t++
Hello all!
I was going to write a looong post yesterday, but as I was still looking on the net and finding new info I delayed.
Looong story short, when in my attic, I found 2 Voodoo3 3500 AGP graphics cards in my pile of recently acquired stuff.
By chance, I noticed both of them do NOT have standard VGA connectors, but have what looks a lot like a wider version of DVI.
After a lot of looking around, I found out these cards originally came with special cables and that their connector goes by several names:
DVI 30+5
M1 (which I think is different, but the connector looks identical)
P&D, PnD or VESA Plug and Display (has a wiki page)
EVC
I also know these connectors are wired differently, so much for somehow using a standard DVI connector somehow.
So as things are now I have a couple options:
*Either I go find the original cable, which I rather not do, as I don't like the huge size of it, and good chance price will be high
*Or I find an adapter. I've found 'some' for sale, but most tend to be rather expensive (think €20+) and I'd rather not get 3 for that price.
I have found a couple that were cheaper, but before I buy anything, the real question is, will they work?
Proprietary hardware...3DFX, as much as I love you, for this you gotta die! 😜
Edit:Btw, I know I don't happen to have any of the original cables laying around. Also even though I can't even remember exactly where I got them, I do know I must've gotten them for really cheap anyway.
