Tech Stuff - PCs

A collection of information about PCs - at this stage only the common or garden x86 type PC.

DIN and Mini-DIN	Includes AT style keyboard, AT to Mini-DIN, Serial Mouse, Serial to PS/2 (Mini-DIN) mouse. Pretty much all legacy stuff these days. USB rules.
LANs	From 10base-T to the nose-bleedingly fast 10GBase-T.
Monitors, Video, Multi-Media	Pinouts and descriptions. Includes VGA (15 & 9 pin), CGA, EGA (9 pin), DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort and Thunderbolt.
printer port	The Legacy IBM DB25 printer port pin-out.
DB9 Serial	Big section on DB9/25 RS232 serial port pin-outs.
Centronics	The standard (!) Centronic printer pin-out. If anyone is old enough to remember.
USB & Firewire	The serial external interfaces - USB 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and Firewire (IEEE 1394).
Interfaces	Quick list of various PC interfaces, characteristics and speeds cover SCSI, SATA, USB 2.0, 3.0, Ethernet, Thunderbolt etc..
Screen Resolutions	PC and TV screen resolutions. Covers aspect ratios, bandwidth requirements and refresh/frame rates. More dots per second than you can shake a stick at, but fast, my goodness, fast.

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