[gentoo-user] OT: DVI-D / HDMI / VGA adaptors

[Walter Dnes]

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.

  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>

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications