[Info-vax] What video card for a DS10?

[Steven Schweda]

tadamsmar wrote:
> I have some DS10s to maintain.  I think one of them has a bad video
> card.  The monitor is getting no input as if it was not plugged into
> the connector.  I swapped and checked the monitor, so I know the
> problem is not the monitor.
>
> The system is still up and in use.  When I can (tomorrow perhaps) I
> will be able to shut it down and swap the video card as a test.

   I'd reboot the thing once before touching the guts.

   Which card is in there now?

> What video cards can I use?   Can I buy a new one or do I need a
> legacy card?

   Define "new".  Define "legacy".  I use Radeon 7500 cards in
my XP1000 systems.  I believe that the same is true for my
rx2600 and zx2000 IA64 systems, too, but I usually access
those over the network or on a serial port.  I'd guess that an
ELSA GLoria Synergy-8 (PowerStorm 4D10T, PBXGK-BB) . (The
"ViVo" card works, too.  Just ignore the extra holes.)

   I got my cards on Ebay for probably about $10-$20, but I
haven't looked lately.

   I assume that you weren't expecting an obsolete VMS version
in an obsolete Alpha system to support some card made last
year, intended to be used in Windows PC.