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Re: Using the EGA card and a monochrome monitor

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From: Walter Bright
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1986 18:11
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In article <895@bnrmtv.UUCP> perkins@bnrmtv.UUCP (Henry Perkins) writes:
>> Does anyone know how, if at all, I can do graphics in monochrome
>> with an EGA card?
>To my knowledge, IBM has never provided any type of monochrome graphics
>standard.  This leaves Hercules graphics.  Many (most) EGA cards do
>Hercules graphics.  IBM's EGA, of course, does not.

All EGA boards (including IBM's) support graphics on a monochrome
display. It is mode F. It offers 4 colors (black, white, intensity
and blinking). I use it, it looks nice.
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From: bright@dataio.UUCP (Walter Bright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Using the EGA card and a monochrome monitor
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Date: Wed, 12-Nov-86 13:11:39 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 12 13:11:39 1986
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