Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > Hi all -- > > Picked up a non-functional but otherwise nice looking DEC VR260 (19" b&w > monitor) on the cheap, hoping to use it with my VAXstation 2000. From what > I've read, these were never the most reliable displays. Curious if anyone > has any information on common failure modes, or has service docs squirreled > away somewhere. I've at least found schematics, so I have something to go > on, but it's not exactly the most straightforward design I've poked at. > > Right now when powered up I hear a repeated low hum from the transformer > followed by a soft ticking noise so I'm guessing I've got power supply > issues at the very least. Unsure what I should expect the monitor to do if > it's not being fed a valid video signal (I haven't yet tried to hook the > VS2000 up to it) -- whether it'll go into free-running mode or do mostly > nothing until it has something to sync to... >
Is a VR260 anything like a VR262? I have a pair of the latter and could probably do some measurements for comparison if that would be useful, assuming mine still work... Regards, Peter Coghlan. > > Thanks as always, > Josh >