▲ 85 ▼ Vintage Mac Community Begs Manufacturers for New Supply of Rare Dongle as Resellers Charge $250 (www.404media.co) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@beehaw.org 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) i don't think adc was encumbered by patents 25 years after the fact. If it were, they'd likely be expired by now. I wonder if an adapter could be made some "DIY" way, if it needs to be active, it could be a fun project for someone into FPGAs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Clegko@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago It's incredibly easy to make an adapter. You really only need the female DVI and ADC ports (you could probably sacrifice a few cables if you can't get the connectors, too), a breadboard and some wire. https://lookanotherblog.com/diy-adc-adapter/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] beefcat@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) the adapter is passive since both connectors use the same signaling protocol the problem is that designing tooling to manufacture a custom connector at scale is expensive, so nobody is going to do that until they know there is enough demand to at least cover the upfront cost of designing that tooling and manufacturing a bunch of these. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* I didn't notice at first, the article itself links to a seemingly easy way of making a DIY adapter: http://damntechnology.blogspot.com/2009/02/hacking-dvi-cable-to-build-adc-to-dvi.html If the demand is low enough to not even bother stocking them anymore, it would seem like someone could offer to sell them on Etsy or something, doesn't seem to require much much tooling. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Clegko@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago It's incredibly easy to make an adapter. You really only need the female DVI and ADC ports (you could probably sacrifice a few cables if you can't get the connectors, too), a breadboard and some wire. https://lookanotherblog.com/diy-adc-adapter/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] beefcat@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) the adapter is passive since both connectors use the same signaling protocol the problem is that designing tooling to manufacture a custom connector at scale is expensive, so nobody is going to do that until they know there is enough demand to at least cover the upfront cost of designing that tooling and manufacturing a bunch of these. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* I didn't notice at first, the article itself links to a seemingly easy way of making a DIY adapter: http://damntechnology.blogspot.com/2009/02/hacking-dvi-cable-to-build-adc-to-dvi.html If the demand is low enough to not even bother stocking them anymore, it would seem like someone could offer to sell them on Etsy or something, doesn't seem to require much much tooling. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* I didn't notice at first, the article itself links to a seemingly easy way of making a DIY adapter: http://damntechnology.blogspot.com/2009/02/hacking-dvi-cable-to-build-adc-to-dvi.html If the demand is low enough to not even bother stocking them anymore, it would seem like someone could offer to sell them on Etsy or something, doesn't seem to require much much tooling. permalink fedilink source parent