Problem w/ a DECstation 5000/125

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From: Burton Rosenberg
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:08

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Hi, and thanks for helping... here's my problem.

I have a Decstation 5000/125 w/ a PXG card and a 19" Triny monitor.
(This was a package deal a.k.a. PM323-KN.) Boy is it ever fun! Then
I bought the PMAG-GB "8 to 24 plane upgrade", because I wanted 24-bit
color.

I installed the upgrade and funny colors began to tinge the right edges
of letters. Most dramatic is the "]" character while in 
the hardware monitor. Its vertical stroke is bright yellow.
This mottled yellowness is also present in single-user-mode 
but, thankfully, disappears once X is up and running. For example, there
is no problem in the DECterm window I am typing at now.

I run Ultrix 4.2A Rev 47, UWS Rev 420. The upgrade was a bunch of SIP's,
VRAM I imagine, and two so-called VDACS. (They were big! They must have
more than just a DAC inside.)   

Thanks. Respond by email to burt@passaic.miami.edu.
-burt rosenberg

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From: burt@carr (Burton Rosenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Problem w/ a DECstation 5000/125
Summary: Yellow letters during boot.
Message-ID: <1992Dec13.230836.7736@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
Date: 13 Dec 92 23:08:36 GMT
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