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Jnc: Add sig
2024-04-29T16:43:37Z
<p>Add sig</p>
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ForOldHack: /* Board images */ Stunning. Cool beyound belief.
2024-04-28T03:56:56Z
<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Board images: </span> Stunning. Cool beyound belief.</span></p>
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Jnc: /* Board images */ Couldn't find an image of an L2006 online
2024-04-17T05:25:19Z
<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Board images: </span> Couldn't find an image of an L2006 online</span></p>
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Jnc: Thanks very much! That does seem to be it.
2024-04-17T04:44:14Z
<p>Thanks very much! That does seem to be it.</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>one for a 3D card, with 3 Weitek chips on it,</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>one for a 3D card, with 3 Weitek chips on it, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[</ins>https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/9306/269103/DEC-VS60S-A2-3520-Mid-Range-Vintage-VAXStation-Computer-Circa-1989-Firefox_218260__09572.1707357829.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">here]</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/9306/269103/DEC-VS60S-A2-3520-Mid-Range-Vintage-VAXStation-Computer-Circa-1989-Firefox_218260__09572.1707357829.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>and then two other pictures for the front and back</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>and then two other pictures for the front and back</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>of a DEC video local bus connector: I wish I knew what it was called.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>of a DEC video local bus connector: I wish I knew what it was called.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/9306/269098/DEC-VS60S-A2-3520-Mid-Range-Vintage-VAXStation-Computer-Circa-1989-Firefox_218249__45763.1707357782.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[</ins>https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/9306/269098/DEC-VS60S-A2-3520-Mid-Range-Vintage-VAXStation-Computer-Circa-1989-Firefox_218249__45763.1707357782.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">here]</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/9306/269097/DEC-VS60S-A2-3520-Mid-Range-Vintage-VAXStation-Computer-Circa-1989-Firefox_218247__53255.1707357773.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[</ins>https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/9306/269097/DEC-VS60S-A2-3520-Mid-Range-Vintage-VAXStation-Computer-Circa-1989-Firefox_218247__53255.1707357773.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">here]</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And a system picture of the back, with all the video cards in place:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And a system picture of the back, with all the video cards in place:</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/9306/269093/DEC-VS60S-A2-3520-Mid-Range-Vintage-VAXStation-Computer-Circa-1989-Firefox_218238__67575.1707357741.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[</ins>https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/9306/269093/DEC-VS60S-A2-3520-Mid-Range-Vintage-VAXStation-Computer-Circa-1989-Firefox_218238__67575.1707357741.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">here]</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This is all very impressive.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This is all </del>very <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">impressive</del>:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: Thanks </ins>very <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">much! (Complete listing [https://www.recycledgoods.com/dec-vs60s-a2-vaxstation-3520-1989-mid-range-vintage-computer-digital-equipment/ here].)</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: From what little documentation on them I could find, in the [https://manx-docs.org/collections/antonio/dec/MDS-2000-01/cd1/VAX/258AAMG3.PDF VAXstation 3520/3540 and 3820/3840  Maintenance Guide], that does seem to be it.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: That document calls the 'over the back' connector daughter-board a 'Graphics Frontplane' (pg. 1-21; pg. 38 of the PDF).</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: The first card (above) seems to be the ' Graphics Output Module' (L2005) (see diagram on pg. 1-22, pg. 39 of the PDF), which must make the second card above the 'Graphics Base Module' (L2004).</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: Alas, no image of the optional 'graphics expansion module' (L2006); I'll look for one in a moment.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: I'm not sure if the images are copyright, or if they'd be OK with us uploading them. (I have down-loaded them, so they will not be lost.) I'd think we can link to the images, though; will do so.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: I'd buy it, but I already have a whole basement full of obsolete computer gear my kids are going to have to deal with! :-) [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 06</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">44, 17 April 2024 (CEST)</ins></div></td></tr>
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Jnc
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ForOldHack: /* Found pictures of this video card, need verification */
2024-04-17T01:45:20Z
<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Found pictures of this video card, need verification</span></span></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>This may have a link to a picture of it:<br />
There are four pictures actually,<br />
one for a video card, ( my guess is the primary bit plane https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/9306/269102/DEC-VS60S-A2-3520-Mid-Range-Vintage-VAXStation-Computer-Circa-1989-Firefox_218258__52381.1707357819.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on)<br />
<br />
one for a 3D card, with 3 Weitek chips on it,<br />
<br />
https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/9306/269103/DEC-VS60S-A2-3520-Mid-Range-Vintage-VAXStation-Computer-Circa-1989-Firefox_218260__09572.1707357829.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on<br />
<br />
and then two other pictures for the front and back<br />
of a DEC video local bus connector: I wish I knew what it was called.<br />
<br />
https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/9306/269098/DEC-VS60S-A2-3520-Mid-Range-Vintage-VAXStation-Computer-Circa-1989-Firefox_218249__45763.1707357782.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on<br />
<br />
https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/9306/269097/DEC-VS60S-A2-3520-Mid-Range-Vintage-VAXStation-Computer-Circa-1989-Firefox_218247__53255.1707357773.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on<br />
<br />
And a system picture of the back, with all the video cards in place:<br />
<br />
https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-a1x7hg2jgk/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/9306/269093/DEC-VS60S-A2-3520-Mid-Range-Vintage-VAXStation-Computer-Circa-1989-Firefox_218238__67575.1707357741.jpg?c=2?imbypass=on<br />
<br />
This is all very impressive:</div>
ForOldHack