I picked up some old computers from a guy recently and one of them is a Presario 7240 from 1996 or so. It has a Pentium (133 I think?) and no L2 cache onboard, with an S3 Trio64 V+ and ESS Audiodrive ES1788 integrated. I have cleared all of the personal information off of it (there wasn't much) but it appears to have an original Compaq-themed installation of Windows 95 on it, which is neat. The computer works quite well considering the lack of cache. It has a cache-on-stick slot but it is missing jumpers near the slot so I'm not sure if it's possible to add cache without modding the board. The system is physically in beautiful condition... almost no dust inside.
Anyway, my reason for posting about this is because it came with the original monitor... but the guy said that he really regretted having (years ago) cut the VGA cables off of the three CRT monitors I picked up from him. This included the Compaq's. It is one with attached speakers, with actual speaker wire terminals on the back of the monitor so you could theoretically power other speakers with them if you wanted. It's a very odd monitor but the whole setup is in great condition except for that monitor's cut cable. I opened it up and it is actually in excellent condition inside and it seems to have a lot of Samsung branded internals as well.
Is there a simple, cheap, replacement VGA cable for something like this without having to solder a new cable onto the old connector? I don't know if monitors from this era used similar connections inside or if they were all different. My alternative to fixing the monitor is giving it away to someone who has the time to fix it, since I doubt there are a lot of these still around in decent condition. Sadly, I'm in Northern Pennsylvania USA so it's hard to find other people interested in old PCs around here, and it isn't really worth the time packing up and shipping a CRT for basically nothing. I just hate to send it (and the other two) to the curb because I was told they were all working years ago.
Here are some pictures of the internal connector on the VGA cable:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sKVhNnXgw5NEAJzM7
The only cables I've found for sale are these ones on eBay and not only is the cable incredibly short, it looks like a different connector and even different colored wires on the end that goes inside the monitor. Plus, it has a separate ground. Definitely not a drop in replacement.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-17-LCD...899859?hash=item3f421963d3:g:hSUAAOSw7ThUfOhw
Anyway, my reason for posting about this is because it came with the original monitor... but the guy said that he really regretted having (years ago) cut the VGA cables off of the three CRT monitors I picked up from him. This included the Compaq's. It is one with attached speakers, with actual speaker wire terminals on the back of the monitor so you could theoretically power other speakers with them if you wanted. It's a very odd monitor but the whole setup is in great condition except for that monitor's cut cable. I opened it up and it is actually in excellent condition inside and it seems to have a lot of Samsung branded internals as well.
Is there a simple, cheap, replacement VGA cable for something like this without having to solder a new cable onto the old connector? I don't know if monitors from this era used similar connections inside or if they were all different. My alternative to fixing the monitor is giving it away to someone who has the time to fix it, since I doubt there are a lot of these still around in decent condition. Sadly, I'm in Northern Pennsylvania USA so it's hard to find other people interested in old PCs around here, and it isn't really worth the time packing up and shipping a CRT for basically nothing. I just hate to send it (and the other two) to the curb because I was told they were all working years ago.
Here are some pictures of the internal connector on the VGA cable:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sKVhNnXgw5NEAJzM7
The only cables I've found for sale are these ones on eBay and not only is the cable incredibly short, it looks like a different connector and even different colored wires on the end that goes inside the monitor. Plus, it has a separate ground. Definitely not a drop in replacement.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-17-LCD...899859?hash=item3f421963d3:g:hSUAAOSw7ThUfOhw
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