From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/3/6 16:40:26, Paul wrote:   
   > On Thu, 3/5/2026 11:00 PM, micky wrote:   
   >> Sunday, I'm going to see a friend whose win10 laptop no longer has a   
   >> working screen.  He says it has no VGA port.  I am bringing a VGA   
   >> monitor with a VGA connector and I had planned to buy an adapter,   
   []   
   > The situation with carrying a HDMI to VGA or DP to VGA adapter   
   > is less perilous, as if those connectors are present on the laptop,   
   > the F-key for changing outputs will work.   
   >   
   > I keep multiple HDMI to VGA and DP to VGA or DP++ to VGA adapters   
   > here. Whereas for USB to X adapters, I have none of those.   
   []   
   >          That's why the HDMI to VGA and DV to VGA adapters are   
   >          a better first thing to test. I keep those on my "third machine"   
   >          table, and when I swing the Optiplex 780 up on the table, I have   
   >          to use one of those adapters (to ensure monitor compatibility).   
   >          The Test Machine has a permanent HDMI to VGA cable running to   
   >          my table. Because that video card has no VGA output.   
   >   
   >          I did warn people a few years back, that it was the Year of the   
   >          Adapter, and they should buy HDMI to VGA and DP to VGA adapters   
   >          for future flexibility. As after the year of the adapter, you   
   >          expect slightly fewer models of those to be available. And finding   
   >          monitors with all possible input types, isn't a given. In this era   
   >          of shortage and turmoil, chances are poor that everything is sitting   
   >          on a shelf, waiting for you to show up.   
   >   
   >    Paul   
      
   Thought just occurred to me: does friend have a TV? These days (in UK   
   anyway), even a relatively old TV is likely to have an HDMI input. (Take   
   a cable though!). If he has a cable, he could even try this himself   
   before you go - assuming he knows how to tell his TV to switch inputs.   
   (Or, _you_ may have such a TV, though these days likely to be large   
   enough to be unwieldy to take with you. [Bedroom TV?])   
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