Matrox substitutes ?

[Renato A. Mortara]

Hi all there...

I run an old (understatement...) 1024 UV system with the Dell 2300 Poweredge
server, but still with the equally outdated OS/2 (yes ! It still works !).

Apparently, my Matrox G200 board has died. Since it will be unlikely to find
an identical substitute, has anyone tried alternative models/brands and how
the OS/2 driver would work ??

My sincere thanks to any input !

All the best

Renato

Renato A. Mortara
Parasitology Division
UNIFESP - Escola Paulista de Medicina
Rua Botucatu, 862, 6th floor
São Paulo, SP
04023-062
Brazil
Phone: [phone]
Fax:     [phone]
email: [hidden email]
home page: www.ecb.epm.br/~ramortara

[Dale Callaham]

Renato,

Google "Matrox G200" - there seems to be lots of them for $50 to $100

Cheers!

Dale

Renato Mortara wrote:

> Hi all there...
>
> I run an old (understatement...) 1024 UV system with the Dell 2300 Poweredge
> server, but still with the equally outdated OS/2 (yes ! It still works !).
>
> Apparently, my Matrox G200 board has died. Since it will be unlikely to find
> an identical substitute, has anyone tried alternative models/brands and how
> the OS/2 driver would work ??
>
> My sincere thanks to any input !
>
> All the best
>
> Renato
>
> Renato A. Mortara
> Parasitology Division
> UNIFESP - Escola Paulista de Medicina
> Rua Botucatu, 862, 6th floor
> São Paulo, SP
> 04023-062
> Brazil
> Phone: [phone]
> Fax:     [phone]
> email: [hidden email]
> home page: www.ecb.epm.br/~ramortara

[Nobby Clark]

We're not to familiar with these units. We are a reseller. I wish I
could help you. Goodluck!

Thanks

Nobby Clark
Carmet Scientific

[phone] P
[phone] F
[phone] C

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www.carmetscientific.com



On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Renato Mortara <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi all there...
>
> I run an old (understatement...) 1024 UV system with the Dell 2300 Poweredge
> server, but still with the equally outdated OS/2 (yes ! It still works !).
>
> Apparently, my Matrox G200 board has died. Since it will be unlikely to find
> an identical substitute, has anyone tried alternative models/brands and how
> the OS/2 driver would work ??
>
> My sincere thanks to any input !
>
> All the best
>
> Renato
>
> Renato A. Mortara
> Parasitology Division
> UNIFESP - Escola Paulista de Medicina
> Rua Botucatu, 862, 6th floor
> São Paulo, SP
> 04023-062
> Brazil
> Phone: [phone]
> Fax:     [phone]
> email: [hidden email]
> home page: www.ecb.epm.br/~ramortara
>

[Mark Cannell]

Have you tried contacting Matrox for repair?

Cheers


Renato Mortara wrote:

> Hi all there...
>
> I run an old (understatement...) 1024 UV system with the Dell 2300 Poweredge
> server, but still with the equally outdated OS/2 (yes ! It still works !).
>
> Apparently, my Matrox G200 board has died. Since it will be unlikely to find
> an identical substitute, has anyone tried alternative models/brands and how
> the OS/2 driver would work ??
>
> My sincere thanks to any input !
>
> All the best
>
> Renato
>
> Renato A. Mortara
> Parasitology Division
> UNIFESP - Escola Paulista de Medicina
> Rua Botucatu, 862, 6th floor
> São Paulo, SP
> 04023-062
> Brazil
> Phone: [phone]
> Fax:     [phone]
> email: [hidden email]
> home page: www.ecb.epm.br/~ramortara
>  

[Donnelly, Tom]

Don't know about Brazil but there are a number of used computer places around and they have salvaged video cards from older systems and they might have an older Matrox at a good price.

TD

-----Original Message-----
From: Renato Mortara [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 11:24 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Matrox substitutes ?

Hi all there...

I run an old (understatement...) 1024 UV system with the Dell 2300 Poweredge server, but still with the equally outdated OS/2 (yes ! It still works !).

Apparently, my Matrox G200 board has died. Since it will be unlikely to find an identical substitute, has anyone tried alternative models/brands and how the OS/2 driver would work ??

My sincere thanks to any input !

All the best

Renato

Renato A. Mortara
Parasitology Division
UNIFESP - Escola Paulista de Medicina
Rua Botucatu, 862, 6th floor
São Paulo, SP
04023-062
Brazil
Phone: [phone]
Fax:     [phone]
email: [hidden email]
home page: www.ecb.epm.br/~ramortara



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[Steve McDermott]

Your best source for this type of kit is Ebay - there are currently 150 Matrox g200 cards listed, maybe with a "buy it now option". You should be able to secure  one for not more than $25.00.  There may be some merit in buying a couple, from different places to be absolutely certain you get one that works. (My experience of Ebay is that stuff usually does work...)

What makes you so certain that it is the graphics card that has failed?  You might have to consider purchasing a second hand but identical server. There is a good chance that other components will fail in due course, and the longer you leave it,  the harder replacement components are to find...

Steve McDermott
Prior Scientific



-----Original Message-----
From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Donnelly, Tom
Sent: 03 March 2010 00:36
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Matrox substitutes ?

Don't know about Brazil but there are a number of used computer places around and they have salvaged video cards from older systems and they might have an older Matrox at a good price.

TD

-----Original Message-----
From: Renato Mortara [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 11:24 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Matrox substitutes ?

Hi all there...

I run an old (understatement...) 1024 UV system with the Dell 2300 Poweredge server, but still with the equally outdated OS/2 (yes ! It still works !).

Apparently, my Matrox G200 board has died. Since it will be unlikely to find an identical substitute, has anyone tried alternative models/brands and how the OS/2 driver would work ??

My sincere thanks to any input !

All the best

Renato

Renato A. Mortara
Parasitology Division
UNIFESP - Escola Paulista de Medicina
Rua Botucatu, 862, 6th floor
São Paulo, SP
04023-062
Brazil
Phone: [phone]
Fax:     [phone]
email: [hidden email]
home page: www.ecb.epm.br/~ramortara



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[Keith Morris]

For any old graphics card just get it from eBay [it'll be a few euros]. I
found twenty Matrox G200s on sale, one touted as new [starting price 1p].
These cards, like sound cards, tend to run forever in PC terms, and cost
pennies now they are obsolete. Even the London Underground uses eBay for
spares.... You could even go wild and get a G450 if you have the OS/2
drivers.

Keith

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From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On
Behalf Of Nobby Clark
Sent: 02 March 2010 19:50
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Matrox substitutes ?

We're not to familiar with these units. We are a reseller. I wish I
could help you. Goodluck!

Thanks

Nobby Clark
Carmet Scientific

[phone] P
[phone] F
[phone] C

[hidden email]
www.carmetscientific.com



On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Renato Mortara <[hidden email]>
wrote:
> Hi all there...
>
> I run an old (understatement...) 1024 UV system with the Dell 2300
Poweredge
> server, but still with the equally outdated OS/2 (yes ! It still works !).
>
> Apparently, my Matrox G200 board has died. Since it will be unlikely to
find
> an identical substitute, has anyone tried alternative models/brands and
how

> the OS/2 driver would work ??
>
> My sincere thanks to any input !
>
> All the best
>
> Renato
>
> Renato A. Mortara
> Parasitology Division
> UNIFESP - Escola Paulista de Medicina
> Rua Botucatu, 862, 6th floor
> São Paulo, SP
> 04023-062
> Brazil
> Phone: [phone]
> Fax:     [phone]
> email: [hidden email]
> home page: www.ecb.epm.br/~ramortara
>

[CS Customer Support,]

Dear Renato,

I hope everything is well with you since our paths last crossed.

Firstly, it is possible that Zeiss still have some stock of the MATROX
MILLENIUM G220 SD PCI cards, Zeiss part number: 000000-1317-395

If not, then I may be able to lay my hands on a used compatible Matrox
card, if I dig around a bit. We could let you have this for a nominal fee
(to cover the cost of admin and shipping).

Additionally,the Matrox OS/2 PM Display Driver Version 2.58.144 can be
used for Matrox G400, Matrox G450, MGA Millennium/Mystique,
MGA-G100/MGA-G200, its the same driver for all these older cards.

One other source might possibly a decommissioned MRC-1024UV system (not
sure if it's Marco Prado's), I understand that the constituent parts are
still around in Belo Horizonte.

If you need a copy of the drivers, we can email them to you.

I hope this information helps.

Please contact us off-line if we can assist further.

Good luck and best regards,

Dino

Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH
Carl Zeiss Gruppe/Carl Zeiss Group
Cell Science Products International Customer Support Group
Service Support BioSciences Jena (UK based)

Dino Sharma

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International Customers - mailto:[hidden email]

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Hi all there...

I run an old (understatement...) 1024 UV system with the Dell 2300
Poweredge
server, but still with the equally outdated OS/2 (yes ! It still works !).

Apparently, my Matrox G200 board has died. Since it will be unlikely to
find
an identical substitute, has anyone tried alternative models/brands and
how
the OS/2 driver would work ??

My sincere thanks to any input !

All the best

Renato

Renato A. Mortara
Parasitology Division
UNIFESP - Escola Paulista de Medicina
Rua Botucatu, 862, 6th floor
São Paulo, SP
04023-062
Brazil
Phone: [phone]
Fax:     [phone]
email: [hidden email]
home page: www.ecb.epm.br/~ramortara





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[Renato A. Mortara]

Thanks Steve and all the inputs.

I am currently waiting to check whether the repaired motherboard and the
not-yet arrived video card will do the trick.

Best

Renato

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Assunto: Re: Matrox substitutes ?

Your best source for this type of kit is Ebay - there are currently 150
Matrox g200 cards listed, maybe with a "buy it now option". You should be
able to secure  one for not more than $25.00.  There may be some merit in
buying a couple, from different places to be absolutely certain you get one
that works. (My experience of Ebay is that stuff usually does work...)

What makes you so certain that it is the graphics card that has failed?  You
might have to consider purchasing a second hand but identical server. There
is a good chance that other components will fail in due course, and the
longer you leave it,  the harder replacement components are to find...

Steve McDermott
Prior Scientific



-----Original Message-----
From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On
Behalf Of Donnelly, Tom
Sent: 03 March 2010 00:36
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Matrox substitutes ?

Don't know about Brazil but there are a number of used computer places
around and they have salvaged video cards from older systems and they might
have an older Matrox at a good price.

TD

-----Original Message-----
From: Renato Mortara [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 11:24 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Matrox substitutes ?

Hi all there...

I run an old (understatement...) 1024 UV system with the Dell 2300 Poweredge
server, but still with the equally outdated OS/2 (yes ! It still works !).

Apparently, my Matrox G200 board has died. Since it will be unlikely to find
an identical substitute, has anyone tried alternative models/brands and how
the OS/2 driver would work ??

My sincere thanks to any input !

All the best

Renato

Renato A. Mortara
Parasitology Division
UNIFESP - Escola Paulista de Medicina
Rua Botucatu, 862, 6th floor
São Paulo, SP
04023-062
Brazil
Phone: [phone]
Fax:     [phone]
email: [hidden email]
home page: www.ecb.epm.br/~ramortara



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