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bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca (Luc Bauwens) writes:

>About this Hercules business:

>1.  I doubt that to expect Hercules to write a driver makes
>much sense.  They (Hercules) probably have stopped manufacturing those
>"Hercules Graphics" cards years ago.  The cards that are still around 
>are probably all cheap clones made in Taiwan.  And drivers won't come
>from those manufacturers either.

>2.  Isn't it time for those folk who still use a Hercules
>to do themselves a favor and get a decent monitor?  A GUI with
>a low-res monochrome monitor just doesn't make sense.

>3.   Sure, IBM doesn't have to write drivers for all the
>hardware around.  But if their marketing approach were sensible,
>they would, wouldn't they?

>Luc B

Why don't you also include CGA and EGA? Are you implying GUI on CGA is
much better? If IBM wanted to drop support on low-res video, they should
have drop them all. 
And you are right. Their marketing is in doubt.