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From: sritacco@hpdmd48.HP.COM (Steve Ritacco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: DECstation Mono to Color Upgrade ???
Message-ID: <15500006@hpdmd48.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Mar 90 16:28:53 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
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Hi,

I posted a note a while ago about making a gray-scale DECstation.
Well, I'm about to do it, and I was wondering if anyone out there
has changed a DECstation from monochrome to color (this is the
same operation).  It looks to me like all I need to do is change
that one simm on the mother-board to the color frame-buffer.  I'm
planning to get that simm as a part from DEC.  Is there anything
else I need to know?  I'm sure I need to change the drivers, and
what not, but in terms of hardware, is that all I have to do?
If anyone has the part number for that simm I would appreciate it
too, otherwise I'll have to spend an hour on the phone with DEC Direct.

Thanks