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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