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by RodrigoT 4028 days ago
The good thing about dedicated video connectors is that with simple checks (pin 5 and 7 in short circuit), you can detect and output via passive connector adapters. That's why a DP to VGA adapter is so cheap: is is the PC that is detecting and generating the VGA signal. (See DP++ for when you are missing pins)