3100 mix and match

[Arthur Stine]

>From article <8732 at cbmvax.UUCP>, by grr at cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins):
> Uh...  If I have a color VAXstation 3100 and a monochrome DECstation 3100,
> can I somehow swap the display controller components and get me a color
> PMAX and and monochrome PVAX?  Monochrome at this kind of low resolution
> is such a sad joke in this day and age...
> 
Uh... no... the PMAX and PVAX use a completely different frame buffer, the
pVAXes (color) being a GPX processor and the PMAX being a dumb color or
monochrome frame buffer driven by the CPU. I don't think DEC has an upgrade
option for the PMAX to upgrade from mono to color even. 


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Art Stine
Sr Network Engineer
Clarkson U
ABStine at CLVMS.Clarkson.Edu