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virgin HDMI vs chad VGA (programming.dev)

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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean… you have been able to do things like that for a long time. You used to be able to use cable toners to listen to conversations on analog phone lines for instance.

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Hell, toner and probe is still a common diagnostic tool for telecom engineers.