On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:55:42 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > I ordered a Dell XPS 8940 which arrived in October, but life got in > the way, and I'm only now getting around to setting it up. First thing > I noticed today is that Dell "had the courage to remove the VGA port" > <G>. It has HDMI and Displayport. I've got two monitors for my PCs. > My main one has VGA/DVI/HDMI/Displayport inputs.
My five year old Dell laptop only has mni-displayport. It's not a new
decision.
> But I want to attach the XPS 8940 to the older monitor, which only has
> VGA and DVI-D. I use the older monitor for setup/install and to keep
> the "hot backup" machine up-to-date. What are my options? For the main
> machine I'll buy an HDMI cable. Are there adapters that'll push HDMI
> computer output into a monitor VGA or DVI-D input? That way I can buy
> an HDMI cable plus an adaptor, rather than a new monitor. <G>
You can buy various adaptors from Amazon. I have one with
mini-displayport input and multiple outputs - VGS, DVI and HDMI.
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