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In article <jrsellec.720065251@syzygy>, jrsellec@socs.uts.edu.au (91066720 j r selleck) writes:
> mark@nickel.laurentian.ca writes:
> 
> 
>>Greetings,
> 
>>	I have a few questions regarding the coexistance of two video cards in
>>one computer.
> 
>>	I have a 386 in a portable (luggable) case which houses a CGA compatible
>>LCD screen. The LCD screen has a 20 pin ribbon cable going to the video card,
>>something I have never seen on other video cards. The card itself is a 8 bit
>>CGA card with a port for an external CGA monitor and the internal connector to
>>the LCD screen. DIP switches on the card allow me to choose between CGA on the
>>internal LCD or an external CGA monitor. My questions are: 
> 
>>	1) Can I add a VGA card to allow for an external VGA monitor when I 
>>	   require it, then switch back to the CGA when I'm on the road? 
> 
>>	2) Can the two cards exist in the same machine? 
> 
>>	3) Is there a VGA card that can support a CGA-LCD and a VGA external 
>>	   monitor? 
> 
>>Mark Lafontaine
>>Laurentian University
>>Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
> 
> 
> Yes I belive they can exist in the same machine..
> 
> I am not sure how the programs differentiate between them, but I know that Borland C++ can use 2 monitors,,  the only restriction that they not be both VGA.
> 
> James
> 
James is correct, But generally one card is MONO (original type that had lpt1:)
not HERCULES or CGA. If you can reset the CGA board to look like a MONO card
then it might help.
Don
djlewis@ualr.edu