19 Aug
2012
19 Aug
'12
2:48 a.m.
On Thu, 16 Aug 2012, Tothwolf wrote:
I have an AlphaStation 200 4/233 which was given to me
without a video board
or floppy drive. I stuck an old Teac FD-235HF in the floppy bay to fill the
hole (no data cable), but have no idea what I really need for a video board.
Based on the datasheet I found online, these appear to
have been (some?) of
the video boards offered as options for this system:
ZLXp-E1 8-plane PBXGA-AA PBXGA-AN [NT]
ZLXp-E2 24-plane PBXGA-BA PBXGA-BN [NT]
ZLXp-E3 24-plane PBXGA-CA PBXGA-CN [NT]
ZLXp-L1 24-plane PBXGC-AA
ZLXp-L2 24-plane PBXGC-BA
Does anyone have an extra video board laying around that they would be
willing to part with for postage costs? This machine has been sitting unused
for far too long and I'd really like to put it to work.
I've managed to locate a board which I think will do the trick.
I had previously found a seller on eBay who had photos that showed the
solder side of the video card in the same model computer:
[USD $900 for an AS200?!]
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DIGITAL-Personal-WorkStation-AS200-233-PB42B-DB-Alp…
Using his photo, I was able to match the board up with the extensive
photos this seller has in his listing:
[USD $39 + $18 shipping for a single PCI video card? I don't think so...]
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Number-Nine-PC00EPS0-2-PCI-Video-Card-S3-Trio64-86C…
...which I was then able to match up with this board, the one I bought:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Number-9-NNVT-PCI-Video-Card-for-DEC-Alphaserver-AS…
It only has 1MB of video memory, although if I can locate a pair of
compatible SOJ memory chips, it can be upgraded to 2MB.
While I don't know the model of the video board, it was made by Number
Nine and has a board id of PC00EPS0-2. The chipset used is the S3 Trio64
86C764.
I was also able to locate photos of the board here:
http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/component/content/article/776-s3-trio64-
The same site also has photos of a number of other DEC video boards.
DEC PBXGA-AN
http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/palcals-collection/58-other-cards/849-p…
DEC PowerStorm 3D30 [PBXGC?]
DEC PowerStorm 4D20 [PBXGD?]
http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/palcals-collection/112-ibm/868-ibm-26h3…
DEC PCXAG-AL
Number Nine GXE64
http://www.vgamuseum.info/index.php/component/content/article/656-s3-vision…
I suppose once this Alpha is functional it will be time to do something
with the Sparc LX that had been sitting up on the shelf beside the
Alpha...