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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Na, some of us still deal with these style connectors. Not so much for video, but it's still used for rs-232 (control signal) and other data. They are great when you dont want the connector to ever fall out.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I've seen plenty of medical devices with rs232 ports. And I'm sure there's a lot of legacy machinery out there which require them.

If you have a factory and your computer-controlled machinery was installed in 1995 but still works just fine, you're probably not going to invest in newer equipment until it becomes a problem.