On 13 Oct 98 at 10:07, jpero(a)pop.cgocable.net wrote:
Non standard monitors to go with those! :( Boo hiss
No, those went with standard VGA displays.
I sincerely meant it. At that time around 4 years ago, I happen to
have the oddball 16" mono wyse monitor and the that thing but between
2 no video card to drive that thing. That monitor can be driven up
to incrediable high resolution better than 1024x768.
Did call Wyse tech support, yuk! Took me a while to find out the
cost to get that card cost too much for that value I think 100US.
Not long afterwards, machine was gone to a user who needs one with
standard monitor + card and 3 years later, that cursed monitor thrown
out because I couldn't find the card for it.
Oh, that wyse 286 is pretty stock clone and phoenix bios setup.exe on
a disk for setting up CMOS contents does works.
Funny, I did saw exact type of wyse 286 around that time after I sold
that dumb 286 thingy with dreadful monitor that had that oddball
card when it was in repairs.
I know because those 286 circuit boards are not that great quality as
expected of for that expense compared to IBM 50Z box. Even 55SX is
good deal!
Oh, Those wyse terminals needs upgrade kits to keep them working
reliablibly. Reminds me of those compact mac analog board upgrade
kit. Both you can still can get them around 30 or so from CCS.
I clearly recall seeing at least 10 wyse terminals in repairs at any
given time. Horrific! Gee, they shouldn't have used wyse terminal
features and stuck with standardized DEC VT programming routines
because that is more common than wyse terminals usually. I mean
number of standard and clones for VT terminal series compared to
wyse.
Jason D.
email: jpero(a)cgocable.net
Pero, Jason D.
I just picked up a bunch of old cards. Most were MCA ethernet or TR but among
the few ISA cards was a 16-bit double card with a 9 pin external plug labelled
Wyse monitor. There's 2 badly mounted Wyse E-Proms. Printed on the bottom of
the top board was WY-700 Controller Daughterboard. Wyse Technology (c) 1986.
The bottom one has WY-700 PC HI RES MOTHER BOARD. Sounds like your beast.
If I should find one of these monitors would it work on a clone with just
this card ?
There was also a 16-bitter labelled Wangtek with a 50-pin connector, and in
the bunch of stuff a Syquest 44 drive with 50 pin connector. I take it that
this is likely a SCCI card for the Syquest. Did Syquest make their own
controllers, or did Wangtek supply a card dedicated to the 44, or was this a
generic SCSI card , in other words one that I could use with any SCSI
peripheral ? It has a 10 sw. config. block and an E-prom with a pasted-on label
which appears to say Colorado Memory System xxxxx (c)1985
Don't know if this fits the 10 year OT but in another find at a thrift was a
small box called a Surecom EtherPerfect 500 T. for $1.00. It has one BNC
and 8 RJ- ( ? 6wire telephone type) connectors with a switch for normal or
cascade. I know virtually zip about LAN but I imagine this is some sort of
ethernet controller ?
Any pointers ?
ciao lary
lwalker(a)interlog.com