Mildly interesting tech

This is a AMD B629 video card. What make this GPU interesting is it's connectivity. First we have a S-Video output, a 7 pin version (I believe the extra pins were for component video out) It'd be a great card for classic video game emulation as you could output directly to a CRT TV.

The second output at first glance looks like DVI, but it isn't, it's the DSM-59. This output as far as I can tell only exists because DVI is big and some cards are low profile. In order to actually use this output you need an adaptor that will split the DSM-59 into two seperate DVI (or VGA) outputs.

Between 1999(ish) and 2002(ish) there was an interesting period in computing peripherals, as PS/2 interfaces were begining to be replaced with USB, and in mice, trackballs with optical sensors.

This means that, for the most part, mice with trackballs use the PS/2 interface, and more modern mice with optical sensors use USB. However during this transtiton period there were a few devices made with mixed-era tech. This Belkin mouse is an example of one such device.

I think that makes it mildly interesting.

HDMI to USB-A? Is that a real thing? Well yes but that's not what this is. This is the Microsoft Display adaptor, it uses USB for power.

This one isn't actually interesting but I needed a third thing for my carrossel.