[Info-vax] Offline VMS hobbyist question

[MG]

On 8-apr-2013 20:52, MG wrote:
> Beware when you look for one on a site like eBay, especially for
> the ones with red PCBs.  Those are usually of the "Mobility" type
> (also recognizable by the fact that they provide >64 Mbytes VRAM).
> I can possibly help you identify a correct card, I've seen loads
> of them.

To clarify the above: Beware of the ones with red PCBs, those are
usually the "Mobility" type Radeon cards; even though offered as
"Radeon 7500s", they won't work under VMS and the GHDRIVER won't
detect it (even when trying to force the card in the device
database, as far as I remember).

Best is to look for something that looks like one of the cards as
seen in the pictures below.  These are pictures I took of cards
that I owned and used under both VMS and Tru64 UNIX:

 
<http://www.winnili.net/img/aggregators/VMS-compatible_graphics_adapters>

Here is a picture of the 'original' card inside the DS15, with an
HP part number:

 
<http://www.winnili.net/img/aggregators/VMS-compatible_graphics_adapters/ATI_RV200_64M_PCI_HP-30-10119-01_rev_A1__bottom.jpg> 


       (The asking prices for 'original' ones are very high, as you
       will notice when you search for them in Google...)

  - MG