Re: 8514A limits?

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From: goldman
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 1990 20:29

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In article <TOWFIQ.90Nov8150318@babyoil.FTP.COM>, towfiq@FTP.COM (Mark Towfiq) writes:
>   What are the available text modes for the 8514A video adapters?  Is
> it the same as a VGA?  Or does it have more modes?

	I think that it's the same as VGA; in fact, I think what happens
is that if you do full-screen OS/2 (or DOS) it is the VGA board that is
driving the screen, and the 8514/A is just passing the information through.
That's what I remember reading, anyway.

		Adrian Goldman

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Subject: Re: 8514A limits?
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