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> In article <1992Dec10.100031.19319@infodev.cam.ac.uk>, maj@cl.cam.ac.uk 
(Martyn Johnson) writes:
> |>
> |>Can anybody tell me whether the "TX" Turbochannel Board (24 plane colour)
> |>is compatible with the VR295-D3 monitor (as used on a VAXstation 3520)?
> |>
> |>Two separate questions really:
> |>
> |>- will it work?
> 
In article <1992Dec11.125503.7460@engage.pko.dec.com>,
 jackson@pravda.enet.dec.com () writes:
> 
> PROBABLY not.  [...]

Give up trying to use the VR295.  Instead, go buy a NEC 5FG (17", $1400 street
price) or 6FG (20", $2300 street price).  Several of my clients have purchased
these on my recommendation and all are very impressed.  They're cheaper than
DEC's monitors, color and resolution are spectacular, and they're much more
versatile:  they'll work with ALL of DEC's workstation video standards as well
as anything a PC or Mac is likely to throw at them; I'll bet they'll work on
Suns, too.  

There is even a front- panel switch for selecting between the two sets of video
inputs (one BNC connectors, the other a pair of D-sub connectors for PC and
Mac)!  So you can put one of these on your DEC workstation and not need a
second monitor for the PC or Mac that you probably still need to have around. 

DEC really ought to consider dropping the VRT19 (Sony Trinitron) and supplying
the 6FG instead.  The image is better (sharper, crisper, etc.) and the customer
would be getting a much more generally-useful tube.  (This would not be 
inconsistent with DEC's commitment to open systems.)

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