Subject: VS3100 video
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Paul Apprich <psapp@terra.cnct.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/30/1998 18:18:50
This may be of some help in devoping graphic console support (at
least as an output only device for stderr).
VS3100 M76 SPX Video
Video board switch gang
(underneath the hard drive facing the machine's front panel.)
|
____________|___________________________
| | |
|------------|---------------------------|
| | | |__________| __________|
| P/S | | o o | |
| | | | SCSI |
| | | hdd1 | fdd |
| | | | i/f |
| | | o o | area |
| | \|/o o | |
| | # |__________|
| | hdd2 ___________|
| | | |
| | o o | fdd |
| | | area |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
------------------------------------------
<-------front of unit
_____
| O N |
| # # |
| 1 2 |
~~~~~
Switch (0=down, 1=up)
mode field color Hfreq Vfreq
1 2 depth (Khz) (Hz)
_________________________________________________
0 0 ? 1024 x 800 ? 55 60
0 1 ? 1280 x 1024 ? 70 66
1 0 GPX 1024 x 800 8 55 60
1 1 SPX 1280 x 1024 8 70 66
All modes use EIA-343 video including sync on green
The video address layout information that I obtained was using
the **VMS Installation and Operations VAXstation 2000, MicroVAX
2000** volume order number AA-LB34A-TE. (kudos to Marc
Malagelada)
Field Layout
0x38000000
| 0x38000fff
| |
V____________________V_____
|<------1024-------->| /|\
| | |
| | |
| GPX | 800
| | |
|____________________|__\|/_
0x38000000
| 0x3801fff
| |
V____________________V_____
|<------1280-------->| /|\
| | |
| SPX | |
| | 1024
| | |
|____________________|__\|/_
Mapping repeats @ 0x38400000, 0x38800000, 0x38c00000
Pixels are mapped in a progressive manner both horizontally and
vertically. There is no interlacing of pixel layout with respect
to to memory.
As it stands now, my system seems to only display full
intensity white when 0xff's are written to that area of memory.
Any other number will not display any pixels. I have yet to find the
mapping for color control.
P.S.A