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Article #3151Re: compatibility of VGA cards with CGA and EGA -- ProDesigner II
From: Ed Dekker
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 1990 19:18
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 1990 19:18
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In article <1990Sep16.181219.14618@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> zou@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Qisu Zou) writes: I'm planning to purchase a super VGA card (Orchid ProDesigner II). I'm leaning towards 1 Meg of video memory, the reason is to allow 256 colors at 1024x768. With 1 meg of memory I know the card supports all the standard and extended VGA modes. But I was wondering if it also supports CGA and EGA modes since most of my software are designed for CGA and EGA. I wouldn't want to invest a lot of money in something that I won't have much use of. Any info is appriciated. Please post to this group or mail me at nan@phobos.cis.ksu.edu, Thanks. Yes you can use CGA and EGA modes but you may need the optional Translation ROM to display these modes on your monitor. You should confirm this with Orchid Tech support. I am happy with my ProDesigner II. I run with the Windows 3.0 1024*768 256 color driver and my Mitsubishi 6605 monitor. Ed
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sli!news From: ed@sli.com (Ed Dekker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: compatibility of VGA cards with CGA and EGA -- ProDesigner II Message-ID: <ED.90Sep17151524@ravel.sli.com> Date: 17 Sep 90 19:18:44 GMT References: <1990Sep16.181219.14618@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> Sender: news@sli.com (news) Distribution: comp Organization: Software Leverage, Inc. Arlington, Ma Lines: 21 In-reply-to: zou@matt.ksu.ksu.edu's message of 16 Sep 90 18:12:19 GMT