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

[William Webb]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:39 PM, LenW <len at psds.com> wrote:
> On Oct 8, 8:35 am, tadamsmar <tadams... at yahoo.com> 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 am running VMS 7.3-2.
>>
>> What video cards can I use?   Can I buy a new one or do I need a
>> legacy card?
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>
> We have tons of that kind of stuff. If you have an S3TRIO card that
> will work
> just fine and is CHEAP!!!!  You do need to be careful as some off the
> shelf
> cards will not work. Give me a call and we can fix you up.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Len Whitwer
> Puget Sound Data Systems, Inc.
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Len is wrong.

S3-based cards won't work in a DS10.

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