On Thursday, December 03, 2020 04:35:37 AM David wrote: > On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 at 02:27, <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I did find out that a USB-C cable / connector has 24 conductors -- so it > > is conceivable (with my lack of knowledge) that some laptop > > manufacturers actually put out an (analog) VGA signal on the USB-C > > cable. > > Is this just wishful thinking or do you have evidence?
Well, I guess it could be called wishful thinking, but I tried to be pretty clear where I was coming from: "it is conceivable (with my lack of knowledge) that some laptop manufacturers actually put out an (analog) VGA signal on the USB-C cable. But I don't know what those 24 conductors are for, and I thought it was possible some were reserved for future use (or with the alternate modes) -- I guess your answer clarifies that there aren't any such "spare" conductors. Thanks for your reply! > > Because it's inconceivable, as far as I'm aware. Everything I have read > about USB-C indicates that it is purely digital. Even though it seems > to be the USB way to have countless variations of every physical and > electrical specification, VGA is a standard from 1987, forget finding > it on any USB-C connector. Those pins are all used for other things.
