>> Zane,
>>
>> You betcha, I've got the VLC plugged into the RGB connections on my P815
>> right now. Change input ports and voila, VAX display. The PT775 does this
>> as well. As far as I can tell all Viewsonic monitors with RGB inputs are
>> sync-on-green compatible.
>>
>> --Chuck
>
>Oh, WAY COOL! Now the only problem is I've got is that I've got my G4
>PowerMac on the BNC's and my 4-port KVM switch on the other. I'll give the
>DEC 17" a try first I guess. That's the one I'd prefer to use as the
>Viewsonic is used for the Mac which acts as a X-Terminal for my PWS433au.
>
> Zane
Guess I'll reply to myself, I hooked the VAXstation 4000/VLC up to a DEC
VRT17-W3 monitor, dug up the keyboard and hockypuck I happened to have
laying around at the moment, and it's booting. This thing is *SLOW*, the
text scrolling across the screen feels like 2400 baud! Hey, it's now got a
crosshatched screen and mouse pointer, though I can't help but feel I
should have a login....
YES, I'd sabotagued myself a while back when expermenting with this box.
Put the old DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM back in place (that includes
LOCAL as a transport :^) and rebooted. It now works great!!! I finally
have a VAX with a graphical head on it :^)
OTOH, good grief this thing is SLOW!!! It takes forever to bring up a
DECterm window! Though I can move stuff around on the screen fairly fast.
What can I say, I think I've gotten used to VMS on a nice fast fairly
modern Alpha. Still this is very cool, I never thought I'd be running the
VLC with a monitor.
Zane
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Received on Wed Sep 27 2000 - 01:02:01 BST