Summary: Affordable graphics cards for AS400

From: Kjell Andresen <kjell.andresen_at_usit.uio.no>
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 10:43:38 +0200 (CEST)

  I have two Alphastation 400s without graphics cards because one one them
  seem to eat the old ZLXp-E cards.
  
  We tried to use ELSA Gloria Synergi cards as a replacement(1), but the
  machine didn't boot into srm-console with it.

Thanks to: Sean O'Connell <sean_at_stat.Duke.EDU>
           "Dr. Tom Blinn, 603-884-0646" <tpb_at_doctor.zk3.dec.com>
           Torben Leifsen <torben.leifsen_at_astro.uio.no>

I will update to the latest firmaware and make another try!!
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Do you have the latest SRM console firmware in your Alphastation 400s?

If you've got up-to-date firmware, I can think of no reason why the ELSA
option would not work, at least as "generic VGA" until you boot a kernel
with real ELSA support..

Use the latest versions (as200_v7_0 from the v5_4 cdrom) for the 200/400
series. Also, I think that you need to be running 4.0E or F to really
support those cards.
Source is http://ftp.europe.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/

Kjell
Received on Fri Aug 06 1999 - 08:46:22 NZST

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