Unknown ISA Graphics card... help!!!

[per]

Thanks for replying Per. I have not tested the system for about 8 years and the last time I did, it worked. The Viewmaster CB6746SL monitor has not been used with the 386 before. I also recently tested the 386 using both a Dell & Diamond View monitor and could not get video. I do not have the facility to check any of the 3 ISA graphics cards in another 386/486 PC. Both the Epson 386 motherboard and memory board are Tiger brand. The original video card is a 1988 Video Seven 650-0095, Cirrus Logic chipset CL-GD510A-32PC-B. I attempted to locate a user manual for this card on the net, without much success. It has both 9 & 15 pin EGA/VGA ports. I will attempt to post some pictures.

regards

If you used an EGA (or CGA/MDA) monitor 8 years ago, you will need to alter some of the switches/jumpers to get it to display to a VGA monitor (or vice versa). If the computer itself is set to CGA or MDA, you will need to change this to EGA/VGA too in order to get output to a VGA monitor.

You can find some information about different jumper settings on Total Hardware 99: http://th99.dyndns.org/

 

[Peno-k]

Unknown ISA Graphics card help

Unknown ISA Graphics card help

I am about to install a new video card with an HDMI output. Are there generally any issues with sound or should I be ok just installing the card and connecting the HDMI from the video card to the TV?

 

[kishy]

I am about to install a new video card with an HDMI output. Are there generally any issues with sound or should I be ok just installing the card and connecting the HDMI from the video card to the TV?

Though of little relevance, this brings up an interesting (to me) question: is there an ISA video card with DVI and/or HDMI? I imagine such a thing would exist exclusively for industrial environments where you just need to put a signal on a screen and the only available monitors may have those interfaces...if it doesn't exist, could it be done? I mean just putting a usable image on the screen, not actually using the full capabilities of the interface.