IBM PowerStation 530

From: Mark Tapley <mtapley_at_swri.edu>
Date: Mon Sep 17 10:39:29 2001

Roger Merchberger replied to Blair Miller...

>>now, so I've never seen the monitor hook-up either... it's mini-coax and
>>looks like the diagram below:
>>
>>(o)(o)(o)
>>
>>I'm assuming that's RGB...
>
>Yep... As the ascii graphic (while pretty) is not completely informative,
>if it's three mini-coax in IIRC a DB shell, it could be the same cable as
>is used on some DEC machines, notably some of the older RISC boxen & the
>DEC 3000/300 (which I have)...

A cable meeting a similar description (dunno if it's identical?) to go from
my VAX 4000 VLC to its VRC-16HA monitor carries the label: BC29G-09. When I
google-searched for it, I found it available for prices ranging from around
$15 to around $120 (!) on the net. This was several months ago.
                                                - Mark
Received on Mon Sep 17 2001 - 10:39:29 BST