Subject: VS3100 video
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Paul Apprich <psapp@terra.cnct.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/30/1998 18:12:46
I don't know if this already known, but here it is in hopes of
getting the graphic console supported (as least as an output only device
for stderr).
VS3100 M76 SPX Video
Video board switch gang
(underneath the hard drive facing the machine's front panel.)
|
____________|___________________________
| | |
|------------|---------------------------|
| | | |__________| __________|
| P/S | | o o | |
| | | | SCSI |
| | | hdd1 area | fdd |
| | | | i/f |
| | | o o | area |
| | \|/o o | |
| | # |__________|
| | hdd2 area ___________|
| | | |
| | o o | fdd |
| | | area |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
------------------------------------------
<----front of unit
_____
| O N |
| # # |
| 1 2 |
~~~~~
Switch (0=down, 1=up)
mode field color Hfreq Vfreq
1 2 depth (Khz) (Hz)
_________________________________________________
0 0 ? 1024 x 800 ? 55 60
0 1 ? 1280 x 1024 ? 70 66
1 0 GPX 1024 x 800 8 55 60
1 1 SPX 1280 x 1024 8 70 66
All modes use EIA-343 (.7 volt peak signal) video including sync on
green (-.3 volt)
The video address layout information that I obtained was using
the **VMS Installation and Operations VAXstation 2000, MicroVAX
2000** volume order number AA-LB34A-TE. (kudos to Marc
Malagelada)
Field Layout
0x38000000
| 0x38000fff
| |
V____________________V_____
|<------1024-------->| /|\
| | |
| | |
| GPX | 800
| | |
|____________________|__\|/_
0x38000000
| 0x3801fff
| |
V____________________V_____
|<------1280-------->| /|\
| | |
| SPX | |
| | 1024
| | |
|____________________|__\|/_
Mapping repeats @ 0x38400000, 0x38800000, 0x38c00000
Pixels are mapped in a progressive manner both horizontally and
vertically. There is no interlacing of pixel layout with respect
to to memory.
As it stands now, my system seems to only display full
intensity white when 0xff's are written to that area of memory.
Any other number will not display any pixels. I have yet to find where
the color information is mapped.
P.S.A