Program to determine Video Display Type?

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From: Lawrence Belan ][/40960
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 16:40

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I'm trying to find a way to determine a PC's Video adapter and 
monitor type using software.  This is NOT for running a graphics
program, I just need to figure out what adapter/monitor is on 
the machine...like mono, herc, ega, vga, etc.

I've tried using Microsoft C's _getvideoconfig, and it returns
the correct adapter, but it can't seem to determine the monitor type.
I really need something to tell me if a VGA system has a Monochrome  
display attached to it...

Is it Possible??  Source code would be appreciated.

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 Lawrence (Larry) Belan ][                       lbelan@fert1.fe.psu.edu
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