[Info-vax] VRT19-HA on Alpha?

[Scott Dorsey]

Chris Scheers  <chris at applied-synergy.com> wrote:
>Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <rdqha8$i1p$1 at panix2.panix.com>, kludge at panix.com (Scott
>> Dorsey) writes: 
>> 
>>> So, my question to you is what is the connector on the back of the Alpha and 
>>> what is on it?
>> 
>> VGA I believe it is called; female connector with three rows of pins, 
>> the middle row offset.
>
>I could very well be wrong, but I don't think sync on green is an option 
>for VGA.

It is not but it is an easy conversion.  The real problem is forcing the
VGA card to a specific resolution and making sure it stays that way.  Those
things are designed to work in a world where the monitor can handle a wide
range of different resolutions and it's not unusual for the boot process to
use a different video mode and resolution than the windowing system.

It is possible to make a VGA PC work with a fixed resolution monitor, but it's
a pain in the neck.  I haven't tried with an Alpha.
--scott

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