I never screw them in.
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You like living in the danger zone don't you?
The danger zone was screwing them in, there was always someone bright enough to tangle the cable with their legs.
The worst part was how they came out unharmed which couldn't be said of the device's conected by it.
The actual retro problem was when those tighty boys would start unscrewing the port instead of themselves
Pff. I'll be fine. I have a Hercules graphics card.
See? No twisty things.
I can still play games, right?
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All I can say is that we are fortunate that the overlap between "VGA ports everywhere" and "battery operated impact drivers" is almost zero on the timeline. Imagine trying to unscrew a VGA plug by hand that was tightened down to ugga-dugga-foot-pounds of torque. Of course that assumes that didn't shear the screws first.
"Tightened down to ugga-dugga-foot-pounds of torque" sent me into an absolute gigglefit.
You know you have given me a wonderful idea, I have a few friends that are in VGA heavy places
When I worked IT for a call center I had to deal with so many of these that I ended up only screwing one side. Still held firmly in place, less work.
Excuse me, I have a 3070 feeding into one of these bad boys.
why??
Poverty homies rise up, also I won't turn down a free tv. I upcycled a few for extra monitors.
That's one advantage to living in the 21st century: computer "bone yards" and trash-picked parts are stupidly high quality "trash" compared to decades ago.
Kind of wish USB has securing screws sometimes ..the amount of times I've accidentally caught a cable and yanked one out (oo-er)
Depends on the device I imagine. Way back in the olden days I remember pulling my NES along with a handful of games down from the tv stand because I caught a controller walking by. When Xbox introduced the break away cords it was a Godsend in our clumsy house.
Yeah, MagSafe was the best.