Re: IS IBM UK STILL IN THE STONE AGE???

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From: Steve.Withers
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 08:41

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In article <liuyu.715061158@kramden> liuyu@kramden.nyu.edu (Liuyu) writes:
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> I don't think it's silly. Not everyone knows IBM doesn't support the standard
> mono graphics Hercules card when almost every other software companies write
> their own Herc driver for their software. IBM expects Hercules to write it.
> Does IBM write VGA driver for other software, ie wordperfect, lotus, Windows,
> and bunch of others? Does these companies expect IBM to write drivers for them
> since it's IBM's hardware? Of course not. VGA is a standard so is Hercules.
> I don't think IBM wanted to support a standard from other vendors.
> I think you should check the facts out first.

Certainly no one in New Zealand has been selling brand new systems with Herc
mono for a while now. GUI's don't work terribly well on Herc monitors. I have
never seen Windows on a herc monitor..........

OS/2 will work just fine on the computer the herc monitor/card are used with -
just get a CGA/EGA/VGA setup and away you go! No one sells CGA anymore,
either - or EGA for that matter. Herc predates both.......

Time to move on.

Steve

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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 08:41:50 GMT
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