I have an DEC Workstation 433au. The SRM bios says the video card is a "Digital TGA2 Graphics Controller". OpenVMS version is 7.3-2.
When the computer boots normally, the screen goes blank. Clearly its an invalid graphics mode. I also borrowed my friend's 17" monitor. It can do a maximum of 1600x1200x60Hz. Another nice feature is that it displays an error message when the video mode is invalid:
HF 93.7kHz (supported range 30 - 85)
VF 75Hz (supported range 47 - 160)
Clearly the Horizontal Frequency is invalid.
I tried modifying SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM (copied from template). I put in the following:
I put them at the start of the file. I put it at the end of the file. I put it in the workstation section after $DO_DEFAULT (about line 585). They have not fixed the problem.
Thank you very much. I found the rotary switch and it now works.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know why the card has a rotary switch? My parents first computer was a 286... I remember the VGA video card could change resolutions without using jumpers / switches. So why is the PowerStorm so primitive????
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