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From: granoff@keptin.enet.dec.com (Mark H. Granoff)
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Subject: Re: VRT19 with Dual Monitor Adaptor on VAXstation 3100?
Date: 14 Jul 1993 09:20:16 -0400
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In article <21v7unINNd0@gap.caltech.edu>,
 vance@cco.caltech.edu (Vance R. Haemmerle) writes:
>
>Equipment:
>   VAXstation 3100 Model 30 with SPX graphics running VMS V5.5-2
>   using VR262 19" monochrome monitor at 1024 x 864 x 60Hz
>
>Newly purchased:
>   VRT19-DA 19" color monitor at 1280 x 1024 x 66Hz
>
>Question:
>   Do I have to dump the VR262 or can I use it with the VRT19?

You will absolutely be able to use the VR262 as your second head.  Your
proposed new configuration is nearly exactly what I have: VAXstation 3100
(Model 48 in my case) with the SPX option, VRT19 and VR262.  Works like a
champ.

To get you going a bit faster (since I've done this sort of thing on three
workstations now, including a VAXstation 2000 and a VAXstation II/GPX),
here is my SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM that I use on my 3100:

$ run sys$system:sysgen 
connect gca0/adap=0/csr=%X5000/vect=%o400/numv=01/driver=gcbdriver
$ decw$color == "T,F"
$ if f$getdvi("GAA0","EXISTS") then decw$device == "GAA0,GCA0" ! GPX,Mono
$ if f$getdvi("GEA0","EXISTS") then decw$device == "GEA0,GCA0" ! SPX,Mono
$ decw$server_density == "75,75"
$ decw$default_keyboard_map == "US_LK401AA"
$ exit

(I must say "Use at your own risk.  The above code is presented 'as is'
with no warranty, expressed or implied."  But I know it works.)

A couple of notes:

1. The DECW$SERVER_DENSITY symbol, as above, gives you more screen real
estate as compared with using 100dpi fonts.  That is to say, you will fit
as much (or as little :-) on a 75dpi monitor using 75dpi fonts as you will
on a 100dpi monitor using 100dpi fonts.  The difference is that on the
100dpi monitor, everything will be bigger.  Because you will be using a
100dpi monitor and a 75dpi monitor together, you'd expect that you could
set DECW$SERVER_DENSITY to "100,75." but you can't.  (Well, you can, but
you don't get the results you'd expect.  The 100dpi fonts wind up being
used on the 75dpi monitor, which isn't pretty).  Try it if you like, for
grins at least.

2. The symbol DECW$DEFAULT_KEYBOARD_MAP need not be defined; the regular
default, US_LK201AA, is appropriate (assuming you DO have an LK201
keyboard).  I managed to get myself an LK401 (I like the feel of it
better), and I wanted all the keys to work as labeled.  (I actually ended
up creating myself a customized DECW$KEYMAP:US_LK401AA.DECW$KEYMAP file so
the ,< and .> keys produced .. and ,, (like an LK201). :-)


Good luck, and welcome to the world of two headed workstations!  You'll
soon wonder how you ever lived with just one!

-- 
Mark H. Granoff        Network Operating Systems/PATHWORKS Server Engineering
 Digital Equipment Corporation, 550 King St, LKG2-1/BB3, Littleton, MA 01460
Internet: granoff@keptin.enet.dec.com, CIS: 72301,1177, AT&T: +1 508 486 6480
 Opinions herein are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of Digital.