17 Dec
2001
17 Dec
'01
8:45 a.m.
I've got two cables here, DEC p/n BCC17-06 and one with out a p/n,
but looks like a DEC cable. Any ideas who/what they're for? And can one of
them replace the mono video cable on my VAX Station 3100 (BC23K-03)?
DEC p/n BCC17-06:
15 pin D-sub connector <--> a box with a DEC keyboard connector (the
phone plug looking thing), and/then 3 BNC (r,g,b)
Un-marked:
15 pin D-sub connector <--> box with PS-2 keyboard and mouse
connectors, then 3 BNC connectors (r,g,b) - this was included in the
shopping bag that came with my DEC 3000-400, but this doesn't go with it.
The PMAGB-B video adaptor in slot 0 has the 3W3 (?) video connector...
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17 Dec
17 Dec
8:51 a.m.
Hello,
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, David Woyciesjes wrote:
I've got two cables here, DEC p/n BCC17-06 and
one with out a p/n,
but looks like a DEC cable. Any ideas who/what they're for? And can one of
them replace the mono video cable on my VAX Station 3100 (BC23K-03)?
I don't know these cables, but as both are RGB cables, none of them can replace
a mono cable. Also look at http://www.bsdfans.org/pinouts.php for the full
pinout of those connectors.
And additionally, DEC changed the pinout somewhen for the DECstations and DEC
(Alpha) machines, maybe even VAXstation 4000 has a different pinout (do they
have the 15pin connector? Don't know now).
Best way would be to take a soldering iron and make the cable yourself. The
other way would be a small bridge between the mono and the green pin to get
the cable doing mono on the green wire. But this is a modification to your
holy VAXstation, and you don't really want to do this :)
And then, there is still the problem with the pinout difference between
DECstations and VAXstaions. So, as your VAXstation has own keyboard/mouse
connectors, a simple mono video cable would be the best.
...Michael
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12:39 p.m.
Michael's reply is not entirely correct.
I have access to a VS3100 which is connected to a
non-color monitor using an RGB cable. It uses the
Green lead as I recall.
-- Russ Pavlicek
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I've got two cables here, DEC p/n BCC17-06
and
one with out a p/n,
but looks like a DEC cable. Any ideas who/what
they're for? And can one of
them replace the mono video cable on my VAX
Station 3100 (BC23K-03)?
I don't know these cables, but as both are RGB
cables, none of them can replace
a mono cable. Also look at
http://www.bsdfans.org/pinouts.php for the full
pinout of those connectors.
And additionally, DEC changed the pinout somewhen
for the DECstations and DEC
(Alpha) machines, maybe even VAXstation 4000 has a
different pinout (do they
have the 15pin connector? Don't know now).
Best way would be to take a soldering iron and make
the cable yourself. The
other way would be a small bridge between the mono
and the green pin to get
the cable doing mono on the green wire. But this is
a modification to your
holy VAXstation, and you don't really want to do
this :)
And then, there is still the problem with the pinout
difference between
DECstations and VAXstaions. So, as your VAXstation
has own keyboard/mouse
connectors, a simple mono video cable would be the
best.
...Michael
--
visit http://www.bsdfans.org/ Home network powered
by: NetBSD OpenBSD FreeBSD
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6:38 p.m.
Hello,
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Russell Pavlicek wrote:
Michael's reply is not entirely correct.
I have access to a VS3100 which is connected to a
non-color monitor using an RGB cable. It uses the
Green lead as I recall.
Then either the cable or the VAXstation is modified. Or it has a color
framebuffer on a mono monitor, which also works this way. But it is absolutely
impossible to get the signal from the monochrome onboard framebuffer out of the
green signal wire without hardware modification.
...Michael
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7:07 p.m.
Yeah, that's it.
It's color video out connected to a monochrome monitor
by using only the Green line.
-- R
--- Michael Kukat <michael(a)unixiron.org> wrote:
Hello,
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Russell Pavlicek wrote:
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Michael's reply is not entirely correct.
I have access to a VS3100 which is connected to a
non-color monitor using an RGB cable. It uses the
Green lead as I recall.
Then either the cable or the VAXstation is modified.
Or it has a color
framebuffer on a mono monitor, which also works this
way. But it is absolutely
impossible to get the signal from the monochrome
onboard framebuffer out of the
green signal wire without hardware modification.
...Michael
--
visit http://www.bsdfans.org/ Home network powered
by: NetBSD OpenBSD FreeBSD
Solaris HP-UX IRIX AIX MUNIX Tru64 Ultrix VMS SINIX
Dolphin_Unix OpenStep MacOS
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