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Date:      Mon, 1 Nov 2004 22:12:28 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        Patrick Mahan <mahan@cisco.com>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using flat panel monitor's with Alpha's
Message-ID:  <20041101211228.GA25936@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.2.20041101121913.05260ed0@127.0.0.1>
References:  <6.1.2.0.2.20041101121913.05260ed0@127.0.0.1>

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On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 12:22:37PM -0800, Patrick Mahan wrote..
> Has anyone started using a flat panel monitor with there
> Alpha system?  I have an old AlphaStation 200 that has the
> DEC VR17-HA monitor.  However, I need to reclaim some of the
> desktop (or in this case cabinet top) space and am considering
> trying a flat panel display.

You can fit a PCI VGA card in your AS200 (it might even already
have one) , that will drive a flatpanel without issues.  
I am not 100% sure, but I think a VR17 is a plain vanilla VGA monitor
as well.

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Wilko Bulte				wilko@FreeBSD.org



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