Re: Super VGA in an IBM XT.

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From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Mon, 20 May 1991 23:14

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cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd) writes:

>Is it possible to put a Super VGA card into an XT and get all the
>video modes?

>I am specifically looking for 640x480x256 and 320x200x256.

Well, I can *guarantee* 320x200x256. That's a VGA mode, and I have a VGA
card in an XT clone. I see no reason why enhanced modes wouldn't be possible.

But I can tell you from experience that they will be *incredibly* slow.
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Subject: Re: Super VGA in an IBM XT.
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