I've finally obtained all of the pieces I
need to build my new system. Hooray!
One anomaly did come up while shopping for
a new video cable. (The old one is flaky.)
There were no video cables with a standard
VGA adapter on one end (for the video card)
and a male DB9 on the other end (for my
Nanao F550i multisync monitor). They
did have a cable with DB9's on both ends,
one male and one female, and they had
what they called a "VGA to PGA converter",
which appears to convert VGA to a DB9
(albeit the wrong gender).
So, what is PGA? Is my monitor
a PGA monitor? Should I get a gender
changer in addition to these cables?
I *think* I also have RGB connectors
on the back of the monitor, so the other
option would be a VGA to RGB cable, which
they also had (for the steep price of
$32). Should I return these cables and
go that route instead?
I don't understand why there is
so much confusion about video cables!
--Cathy
