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Question: Have a laptop w/ a 15 pin female vga port..can i used it to download data?

(Posted by: LGM on 2010-03-10 21:17:48)

Posted by: truetejas on 2010-03-10, 21:19:57

That port is to attach an external monitor to your laptop. It is not a serial port. It won't work for downloads.

Posted by: calcprogrammer1 on 2010-03-10, 21:23:14

VGA (Video Graphics Array) ports are for connecting external monitors (or other VGA compatible video devices like TV's and projectors). You can't use it to transfer data (it isn't a networking or serial port even though it is similar in shape to a serial port [VGA uses a DB15 connector while serial uses a DB9, same shape but more pins] and VGA is all analog output signals so you can't use it for digital transfer). If you need a serial port (RS-232 port) you can buy USB to RS-232 adapters, we use them on our school robotics team all the time since everything we have interfaces with serial and modern computers don't have serial ports.

Posted by: Ben on 2010-03-10, 21:23:33

The VGA port is connected to your graphics card, not the I/ O controller. So no, you can't get data over it.