[Info-vax] VRT19-HA on Alpha?

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rdq326$1fp1$1 at gioia.aioe.org>,
helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply))
writes: 

> In article <rdq247$13ne$1 at gioia.aioe.org>,
> helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply))
> writes: 
> 
> > I have a nice colour monitor, VRT19-HA, which at one time was connected 
> > to a VAX.  It has three BNC connectors for red, green and blue (for 
> > input, and also three for output).  Cables with three BNC connectors 
> > often have a small plug with 3 thick pins on the other end; that worked 
> > with VAXen but also with the DEC 3000 (21064, a TurboChannel system).
> > 
> > I do have a cable with three BNC connectors and a "standard" video 
> > connector on the other end (male plug with three rows of pins) which 
> > fits all the graphic cards (Else Gloria Synergy or whatever) I have on 
> > Alpha.  Is there any chance that this would work, enabling me to connect 
> > the VRT19-HA to an Alpha?  (The cable is short, so I would have to move 
> > things to test it out.)
> > 
> > I also have a similar cable with 5 BNC connectors, which is long enough.
> > Could I expect that to work?  What are the other two connectors for?
> 
> Tried the cable with 5 BNC connectors.  The monitor gets a signal, but 
> it is black-and-white, and looks like an old analog television which is 
> not properly adjusted, i.e. fluttering horizontal stripes moving up.

What about a VRT17-HA?  This has 5 BNC connectors on the back.