[Info-vax] Offline VMS hobbyist question

[Rich Jordan]

On Apr 8, 12:38 pm, Rich Jordan <jor... at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
> I met a guy a few years ago at a tech swap meet who retired from VMS
> management work; told him about the hobbyist program and apparently he
> got busy and built a nice collection that he actually uses.  He asked
> me a question that got me curious though I didn't know the answer.
>
> Given a DS10 or DS15 system (he has both), if you have the supported
> graphics cards, which one is the best performing (for general use, web
> browsing, fast scrolling, playing with graphics, but not 3D heavy
> stuff)?
>
> Powerstorm 300/350 PCI
> Radeon 7500
> Oxygen VX-1
> Powerstorm 4D20
>
> I like the 4D20 in my PWS; its screaming fast for text windows and was
> a noticeable improvement graphics-performance-wise over an Elsa
> GLoria, but I don't have an EV6 workstation to try the PS300 in (and
> don't have the other two cards at all).
>
> If you had all 4 available which would you use/choose for VMS 8.4,
> Seamonkey/Mozilla and other graphical uses?
>
> If I ever manage to snag a cheap DS15 for hobby use it'd be nice to
> know.

MG, thanks.  I'm not in the market; if I snag a DS15, I've got the
PS300 to go in it (and I got that at an absolute steal from someone
who didn't know what he had; its the real deal and worked when tested
in a work VMS DS10).  My monitors are all still (by choice) 4x3
1600x1200 (or 1280x1024 for the 4D20 PWS).  I don't know what my
hobbyist acquaintance wants to use as a monitor but that distinction
is a good one to bring up; the older ones may not support widescreens.