VAXstation 2000 video

-----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk- bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of John Ball Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 12:13 PM To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: VAXstation 2000 video So I picked up both a MicroVAX 2000 with 120mb MFM drive and MMJ terminal adapter and a VAXstation 2000 with 40mb ST-251, keyboard, mouse, and some little breakout box for the latter two. Both systems power up and the drives don't make any nasty noises (though both are blank so they won't be booting anything until I get VMS on them) but in both cases I have no way to communicate with them. The MicroVAX I can't talk to simply because I lack an MMJ cable but the more interesting VAXstation with it's 4-bit framebuffer simply because I don't see how on earth you connect up a monitor to it. The keyboard and mouse break out box connect to the monitor port but the box itself has no connections for a monitor to be plugged in. How did this work and what types of monitor were compatible? I might have access to a VR201 if I want to pay shipping from MA to western canada.