Posted August 29, 2016 So I've been using a bunch of old pc parts to practice (so I dont fry/damage components on my actual PC) and I noticed this cyan port that looks like VGA, but it's got less pins, Then there's this insane magenta port that also looks like VGA, but with like tons of pins. Can someone tell me what these are? Because they look alien to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 29, 2016 Just now, AnderZENZ said: So I've been using a bunch of old pc parts to practice (so I dont fry/damage components on my actual PC) and I noticed this cyan port that looks like VGA, but it's got less pins, Then there's this insane magenta port that also looks like VGA, but with like tons of pins. Can someone tell me what these are? Because they look alien to me Pictures please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 29, 2016 Author ok stand by, my phone's dead atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 29, 2016 I think it's called a parallel port... It's kinda ancient CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K | Motherboard: AsRock X99 Extreme4 | Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming | RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws4 2133MHz | Storage: 1 x Samsung 860 EVO 1TB | 1 x WD Green 2TB | 1 x WD Blue 500GB | PSU: Corsair RM750x | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro (White) | Cooling: Arctic Freezer i32 Mice: Logitech G Pro X Superlight (main), Logitech G Pro Wireless, Razer Viper Ultimate, Zowie S1 Divina Blue, Zowie FK1-B Divina Blue, Logitech G Pro (3366 sensor), Glorious Model O, Razer Viper Mini, Logitech G305, Logitech G502, Logitech G402 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 29, 2016 My first guess (no pictures) would be that the small one is a DE-9 serial port, and the other a DB25F parallel port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 29, 2016 i second the serial and parallel ports. serial: parallel: -Phoenix- -VouwFabriek- -SolidNAS- BlackMac Woody Clack Virtuality Lil'Lad Plot-Device Boerderij all your proteins are belong to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 29, 2016 1 hour ago, AnderZENZ said: So I've been using a bunch of old pc parts to practice (so I dont fry/damage components on my actual PC) and I noticed this cyan port that looks like VGA, but it's got less pins, Then there's this insane magenta port that also looks like VGA, but with like tons of pins. Can someone tell me what these are? Because they look alien to me Small cyan is serial, it was a sort of generic port, like USB before USB existed. The large magenta is a parallel port, used for printers before USB printers. Of course, both of them stayed on motherboards for many years after USB came around too, just for legacy compatibility. Forum Rules | Guide to Display Cables / Adapters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 5, 2016 Author Cool cool, always nice to know a bit of history.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 5, 2016 Well this thread made me feel old, my first thought was an old CGA/EGA port Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 5, 2016 I've finally reached the era where people look at RS-232 and go 'WTF is that?'. I'm officially old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 6, 2016 Serial port or com port or rs 232. 25 pin or 9 pin, some 25 pins are scsi not serial but they look exactly the same. Iomega zip drives uses 25 pin scsi as well as usb. Intel Xeon E5 1650 v3 @ 3.5GHz 6C:12T / CM212 Evo / Asus X99 Deluxe / 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 3000 Trident-Z / Samsung 850 Pro 256GB / Intel 335 240GB / WD Red 2 & 3TB / Antec 850w / RTX 2070 / Win10 Pro x64 HP Envy X360 15: Intel Core i5 8250U @ 1.6GHz 4C:8T / 8GB DDR4 / Intel UHD620 + Nvidia GeForce MX150 4GB / Intel 120GB SSD / Win10 Pro x64 HP Envy x360 BP series Intel 8th gen AMD ThreadRipper 2! 5820K & 6800K 3-way SLI mobo support list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 6, 2016 wow, you guys think serial and parallel ports are ancient? how old are you? 12 ? Core i7 7700k Kabylake stock + Kraken x52 | ASUS Z170-A | 8GB DDR4 2133MHz HyperX | ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 STRIX 6GB | 250GB SSD Samsung 850 EVO + 2TB HDD WD RE4 | Seasonic X-Series 650w | Corsair 460x RGB | Win 10 Pro 64 bit | Corsair M65 PRO RGB Mouse | Corsair K70 RGB RapidFire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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