<s>
DMS-59	B-Protocol
(	O
Dual	O
Monitor	O
Solution	O
,	O
59	O
pins	O
)	O
was	O
generally	O
used	O
for	O
computer	O
video	B-Device
cards	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
two	O
Digital	B-Protocol
Visual	I-Protocol
Interface	I-Protocol
(	O
DVI	B-Protocol
)	O
or	O
Video	B-Protocol
Graphics	I-Protocol
Array	I-Protocol
(	O
VGA	B-Protocol
)	O
outputs	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
connector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Y-style	O
breakout	O
cable	O
is	O
needed	O
for	O
the	O
transition	O
from	O
the	O
DMS-59	B-Protocol
output	O
(	O
digital	O
+	O
analogue	O
)	O
to	O
DVI	B-Protocol
(	O
digital	O
)	O
or	O
VGA	B-Protocol
(	O
analogue	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
adapter	O
cables	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
advantage	O
of	O
DMS-59	B-Protocol
is	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
support	O
two	O
high	B-Algorithm
resolution	I-Algorithm
displays	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
two	O
DVI	B-Protocol
Single	O
Link	O
digital	O
channels	O
or	O
two	O
VGA	B-Protocol
analog	O
channels	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
DVI-size	O
connector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compact	O
size	O
lets	O
a	O
half-height	O
card	O
support	O
two	O
high	B-Algorithm
resolution	I-Algorithm
displays	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
full-height	O
card	O
(	O
with	O
two	O
DMS-59	B-Protocol
connectors	O
)	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
high	B-Algorithm
resolution	I-Algorithm
displays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DMS-59	B-Protocol
connector	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
(	O
AMD	B-Device
FireMV	I-Device
)	O
,	O
Nvidia	O
and	O
Matrox	B-Application
for	O
video	B-Device
cards	I-Device
sold	O
in	O
some	O
Lenovo	B-Device
ThinkStation	I-Device
models	O
,	O
Viglen	O
Genies	O
and	O
Omninos	O
,	O
Dell	O
,	O
HP	O
and	O
Compaq	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMS-59	B-Protocol
connectors	O
also	O
appeared	O
on	O
Sun	O
Computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
confusion	O
has	O
been	O
caused	O
by	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
vendors	O
label	O
cards	O
with	O
DMS-59	B-Protocol
as	O
"	O
supports	O
DVI	B-Protocol
"	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
cards	O
have	O
no	O
DVI	B-Protocol
connectors	I-Protocol
built-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
cards	O
,	O
when	O
equipped	O
with	O
only	O
a	O
VGA	B-Protocol
connector	O
adapter	O
cable	O
,	O
cannot	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
monitor	O
with	O
only	O
a	O
DVI-D	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
DMS-59	B-Protocol
to	O
DVI	B-Protocol
adapter	O
cable	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
such	O
monitors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DMS-59	B-Protocol
connector	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
LFH-60	B-Protocol
Molex	O
low-force	B-Protocol
helix	I-Protocol
connector	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
some	O
earlier	O
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
ports	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
DMS-59	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
have	O
all	O
60	O
pins	O
present	O
,	O
whereas	O
DMS-59	B-Protocol
has	O
one	O
pin	O
(	O
pin	O
58	O
)	O
blocked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
connector	O
plug	O
with	O
all	O
60	O
pins	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
Molex	O
88766-7610	O
DVI-I	B-Protocol
splitter	O
)	O
does	O
not	O
fit	O
into	O
a	O
properly	O
keyed	O
DMS-59	B-Protocol
socket	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Dual-DVI	O
breakout	O
cable	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
connection	O
with	O
two	O
passive	O
DVI-to-HDMI	O
adapters	O
to	O
feed	O
modern	O
displays	O
with	O
HDMI	O
inputs	O
,	O
while	O
using	O
a	O
DMS-59	B-Protocol
graphics	B-Device
card	I-Device
,	O
since	O
the	O
DVI	B-Protocol
signals	O
are	O
electrically	O
identical	O
to	O
HDMI	O
signals	O
and	O
do	O
not	O
require	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
conversion	O
.	O
</s>
