[Info-vax] VRT19-HA on Alpha?

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rdqde3$liv$1 at dont-email.me>, Chris Scheers
<chris at applied-synergy.com> writes: 

> >> 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.
> 
> The VRT19-HA is a "sync on green" monitor.

Right.

> If your video card can output the sync signal on the green lead, it 
> should work.
> 
> It is also a 1280x1024 monitor.  It does not autosync, so your card must 
> be outputting this resolution.

I know that the card shows up as GYA0:.  Any way to find out more about 
it without taking it out of the machine?  This is a PWS, so is probably 
whatever was standard for those boxes.

Presumably stuff like this would be set up in 
DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM.