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[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 68 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I’m showing my age here, but that’s likely dvi, and not serial.

9pin is much smaller and 25pin is significantly larger.

But despite my pedantic statement, the joke still stands. Well played.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We're pretty much at the point where 2.5" SSDs are old...

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago

Does that mean my stash of IBM MicroDrives are finally going to be worth something?

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Shhhh it's just a different flavor of cereal

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 5 points 2 years ago

My favorite...

[–] MrBakedBeansOnToast@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Oh god, I needed to read this comment to actually understand the joke of the post.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

DVI-D uses TMDS, which is a serial protocol. So if you want to be really pedantic you could call it a serial port even though it's not RS232.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Fair! Neat fact!

Looks a heck of a lot like the RS-485 serial cable I've got on my desk right now. Scale is hard to tell, not sure how big that bowl is.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah it's clearly a D-Sub connector, I'll allow the meme, the joke's funny.

[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I thought the same when I saw it. That's not a DB-9. Harumph!