Posted by
Renato A. Mortara on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Matrox-substitutes-tp4663091p4817216.html
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
-----Mensagem original-----
De: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:
[hidden email]] Em
nome de Steve McDermott
Enviada em: quarta-feira, 3 de março de 2010 04:22
Para:
[hidden email]
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server, but still with the equally outdated OS/2 (yes !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: 55 11 5579-8306
Fax: 55 11 5571-1095
email:
[hidden email]
home page: www.ecb.epm.br/~ramortara
This email message, together with any attachments, is for the sole use of
the intended recipient(s) and is the confidential information of Applied
Precision Inc. If you are not the intended recipient, your review, use,
disclosure, copying or dissemination of this email message or its
attachments, or the information contained therein, is strictly prohibited.
If you are not the intended recipient or if you think this email was sent to
you in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete this
message and its attachments, as well as all copies, from your system.