Subject: Re: 3100 boot images.. (fwd)
To: None <"port-vax@netbsd.org"@vbormc.vbo.dec.com>
From: Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate! 07-Jan-1997 1957 +0000 <carlini@marvin.enet.dec.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/07/1997 21:02:29
>ok, i have a question about the VS2000 and it's graphics.  will it run without
>a color card?  i have a VS2000 that i will be running headless since i don't
>have a monitor for it and don't need another headed machine (too many monitors
>in this room already) it has a 4 plane color card.  while i have this thing
>mostly apart (i may never get it back together, the TK-50 in this style case
>i fixed years ago was never the same, stupid case design) i want to know if
>i should pull out the 4 plane color card and offer it to somebody who might
>need it.  or, is it possible to remap the memory on this card and give the
>system that much more memory.  i vaugly remember being able to do that on
>PeeCees  comething about run a SVGA card in monochrome mode and you can get

There is a jumper that changes a MicroVAX 2000 board into a VAXstation 200
board. So you can pull the GPX card and switch the jumper. You'll also
need the converter box so you can connect a serial line to the box.


Antonio Carlini                            Mail: carlini@marvin.enet.dec.com
DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Engineering
Digital Equipment Corporation              Worton Grange, Reading, England