DEC GPX II Q-Bus boards

From: Joe Thiemann <jthiemann_at_castleton.com>
Date: Thu Mar 5 08:27:11 1998

I think I have that card set (but not the roms - but I do have a spare
ka630 board) with full instructions. I can dig up specifics over the
weekend, when I'm back in Montreal. My uVaxII does have the ability to
act as an X client - I tried it, I have the 3 Tk50 Ultrix distribution
set (but who wants that if you can have NetBSD?) I think it can drive
the GPX cards too, but have never seen it do so myself - I don't have a
monitor to hook up to it.

If anyone wants the cards (the GPX and the spare ka630), they're up for
grabs - either for sale or trade since I'm not doing much with the VAX
(I like my Sparc better)

--------------------------------------------
Joachim Thiemann
DSP Coder, Castleton Network Systems
I doubt therefore I might be.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: allisonp_at_world.std.com [SMTP:allisonp_at_world.std.com]
> Sent: March 4, 1998 22:06 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: DEC GPX II Q-Bus boards
>
> <I have a three board set of Q-bus cards plus the boot ROM for a uVAX
> II,
> <dated from 1987, which supposedly turns a VAX server into a
> workstation f
> <DECWindows. I think it was called the GPX II kit? Anyway, the
> boards wo
> <and I have the keyboard, dove bar mouse and cable, but no monitor. I
> <believe this board set could drive several types of workstation
> monitors
> <and was programmed for monitor type thru some of the wires in the
> kbd/mou
>
> I have no clue on the rom as the microvax-II already could run
> decwindows.
> DECwindows is a device and services under VMS. I would not mess with
> that
> rom unless you fully identfy it and its use.
>
> The monitors conformed to the boards not the other way round the cable
> carried keyboard data mouse and RGB video for the monitor.
>
> monitors were vr260, 290, 320.
>
> <too? Any specs on it? Will it work in a VAX 3600?
>
> Yes.
>
> <Also, what versions of VMS support the GPX board? Is it still
> current (V
> <I have a VMS 5.5 set of tapes that came with the uVAX, from the old
> days
> <when the VMS license stayed with the CPU and DEC didn't hit you up
> for
> <license transfers.
>
> Most all from v4.2 and later. V5.5 would work well. FYI there is a
> free
> license available for hobby use to US decus members.
>
>
> Allison
Received on Thu Mar 05 1998 - 08:27:11 GMT