[Info-vax] VRT19-HA on Alpha?

[Joukj]

Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <rdqde3$liv$1 at dont-email.me>, Chris Scheers
> <chris at applied-synergy.com> writes: 
> 
>>>> I do have a cable with three BNC connectors and a "standard" video 
>>>> connector on the other end (male plug with three rows of pins) which 
>>>> fits all the graphic cards (Else Gloria Synergy or whatever) I have on 
>>>> Alpha.  Is there any chance that this would work, enabling me to connect 
>>>> the VRT19-HA to an Alpha?  (The cable is short, so I would have to move 
>>>> things to test it out.)
>>>>
>>>> I also have a similar cable with 5 BNC connectors, which is long enough.
>>>> Could I expect that to work?  What are the other two connectors for?
>>> Tried the cable with 5 BNC connectors.  The monitor gets a signal, but 
>>> it is black-and-white, and looks like an old analog television which is 
>>> not properly adjusted, i.e. fluttering horizontal stripes moving up.
>> The VRT19-HA is a "sync on green" monitor.
> 
> Right.
> 
>> If your video card can output the sync signal on the green lead, it 
>> should work.
>>
>> It is also a 1280x1024 monitor.  It does not autosync, so your card must 
>> be outputting this resolution.
> 
> I know that the card shows up as GYA0:.  Any way to find out more about 
> it without taking it out of the machine?  This is a PWS, so is probably 
> whatever was standard for those boxes.
> 
If it shows up as GYA0: in a PWS it is probably a PowerStorm 3D30 (or 
less likely a 4D20). See sys$manager:DECW$DEVICE_CONFIG_GY.COM for the 
configuration options.