ATI DVI connector question

This may be a dumb question, but when you attach the DVI connector to
the All-in-Wonder 9600XT's analog output, what exactly happens? I know
the analog signal coming from the output is converted from digital
first. Does the connector convert the this signal BACK to digital, or
does it cause the card not to do a digital-to-analog conversion first,
instead passing along the pure digital signal?

Thanks to anyone who can answer this.

 

I'm in the mood to speculate.

Lots of video cards put different kinds of outputs on separate sets of
pins in one plug. Then they have different cable adapters that wire
only the desired set of pins at the card end to the appropriate pins of
the output plug at the display end.

Might be the case here...

Gino

 

Exactly so. DVI connectors also incorporate
pins that carry analog signals. No converting is
going on.

I used to have a great link to a site that sells
DVI cables, and had lots of info on this, but I
can't find it now...