DEC GPX II Q-Bus boards - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

5 Mar 1998

I think I have that card set (but not the roms - but I do have a spare
ka630 board) with full instructions. I can dig up specifics over the
weekend, when I'm back in Montreal. My uVaxII does have the ability to
act as an X client - I tried it, I have the 3 Tk50 Ultrix distribution
set (but who wants that if you can have NetBSD?) I think it can drive
the GPX cards too, but have never seen it do so myself - I don't have a
monitor to hook up to it.

If anyone wants the cards (the GPX and the spare ka630), they're up for
grabs - either for sale or trade since I'm not doing much with the VAX
(I like my Sparc better)

--------------------------------------------
Joachim Thiemann
DSP Coder, Castleton Network Systems
I doubt therefore I might be.

...
  -----Original Message-----
 From:	allisonp(a)world.std.com [SMTP:allisonp@world.std.com]
 Sent:	March 4, 1998 22:06 PM
 To:	Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
 Subject:	Re: DEC GPX II Q-Bus boards

 <I have a three board set of Q-bus cards plus the boot ROM for a uVAX
 II, 
 <dated from 1987, which supposedly turns a VAX server into a
 workstation f
 <DECWindows.  I think it was called the GPX II kit?  Anyway, the
 boards wo
 <and I have the keyboard, dove bar mouse and cable, but no monitor.  I
 <believe this board set could drive several types of workstation
 monitors
 <and was programmed for monitor type thru some of the wires in the
 kbd/mou

 I have no clue on the rom as the microvax-II already could run
 decwindows.
 DECwindows is a device and services under VMS.  I would not mess with
 that 
 rom unless you fully identfy it and its use.

 The monitors conformed to the boards not the other way round the cable
 carried keyboard data mouse and RGB video for the monitor.

 monitors were vr260, 290, 320.

 <too?  Any specs on it?  Will it work in a VAX 3600?

 Yes.

 <Also, what versions of VMS support the GPX board?  Is it still
 current (V
 <I have a VMS 5.5 set of tapes that came with the uVAX, from the old
 days
 <when the VMS license stayed with the CPU and DEC didn't hit you up
 for
 <license transfers.

 Most all from v4.2 and later.  V5.5 would work well.  FYI there is a
 free 
 license available for hobby use to US decus members.

 Allison 