Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!samsung!uunet!lll-winken!cert!netnews.upenn.edu!grad1.cis.upenn.edu!sheinfel From: sheinfel@grad1.cis.upenn.edu (Aviad Sheinfeld) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Tha extra connector on a VGA card... Message-ID: <39015@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 11 Mar 91 05:52:41 GMT References: Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: sheinfel@grad1.cis.upenn.edu (Aviad Sheinfeld) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: grad1.cis.upenn.edu In article cac@iear.arts.rpi.edu (Christopher A. Cox) writes: > > Could someone out there please tell me what that extra card edge >connector is that is on teh top edge of most VGA cards? What can I do >with it? Just curious...one of those nasty little things I wonder about >whenever I work on the machine and notice it again, but no one ever >seems to know why. > > CC > >-- >---------- If you cut here you'd probably ruin your monitor ------------- >Christopher A. Cox >cac@iear.arts.rpi.edu (Ugh.) >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I have a "Super 8900" SVGA card based on the Trident 8900 chip. My "manual" describes the edge as a "Feature connector: For special applications." There is, however, no mention of what these special applications might be... Anyone else know? Just curious... Aviad -- Aviad Sheinfeld | Internet: sheinfel@grad1.cis.upenn.edu 4400 Spruce St. Apt E-5 |----------------------------------------- Philadelphia, PA 19104 | United States of America | (215) 662-9962 / (215) 662-0792