[HECnet] Vaxsvtation 4000 graphics to VGA?

[Sampsa Laine]

> On 20 Apr 2016, at 21:15, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>> 
>> OK, got that. What about the cabling, anyone got any spares lying around? :)
> 
> Not me. But the connector, which is like a DA-15 shell, with just three coaxial connectors inside were used by others than DEC as well. So there are some possibilities to locate one if you search around.
> 
>> Also how do I hook up a mouse/keyboard to these things (I think the icon above the DB25 looking connector implied it carries video, keyboard [LK-style with RJ connector like on the VT420 I hope] and mouse [no idea about DEC mice])?
> 
> That DB25 would be a DA-15, I suspect. Yes, that was sometimes used to get to a keyboard and mouse connector. But, as far as I can remember from my VAXstation 4000, the keyboard and mouse connectors are actually on the backside of the box.

OK I’ll have a closer look, I assume the keyboard connector is the same as on an VT420 (I’ve got a VT420 with a pretty burnt out screen so could use the keyboard from that)..

Now I just have to find a mouse and a monitor cable :)

Sampsa


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