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Article #5625MSDOS monochrome displays?
From: Robert Wier
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1991 19:04
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1991 19:04
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OK, I'm confused. I have a situation where I'd like to display
monochrome graphics in at least 16 shades of gray, preferably
256 shades of gray. This is data received from the GOES series
of weather satellites.
Now, I've asked everyone here, but mostly people know about color
cga, ega, and vga boards. No one seems to be running monochrome.
I have several questions. It would seem reasonable that an EGA
board which can display 16 colors SHOULD be able to display 16
shades of gray. But I can't seem to be able to find anything
on whether this can acutually be done. We are running a variety
of boards, such as the EVEREX EV-659 and the Ultimate EGA. We
have multi-sync type monitors made by Mitsubishi and others.
We have software which indicates that we can run Hercules type
compatible b&w graphics. However, no where can I find a specification
of exactly what type of monochrome graphics should be available
(ie, 640 x 480 x 8 - which would give 256 shades of gray...)
Now, we have some high priced AT Vista cards in the graphics lab,
but that's really overkill. I just need something relatively
simple to display sat photos...
I'd GREATLY appreciate any guidence with this.
Please E-Mail or post
THANKS!
- Bob Wier
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