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Re: Using 1490 monitor on another machine

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From: Dave Chasey
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 18:53
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In article <price.712245709@helios>, price@helios.unl.edu (Chad  Price) writes:
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|> 
|> I have an original Z-396/16 and the video card which came with it is NOT a
|> standard VGA card. The original card in these was the Z-449, which is a pooly
|> executed, incompatible EGA card with a VGA resolution mode which requires
|> special drivers. 
...
|> --
|> chad
|> price@helios.unl.edu
|> cprice@molecular.unmc.edu

True, the 449 isn't a "real" VGA card, but they are nice for testing other
monitors out, since they can be set for MGA (I think), CGA, EGA, and VGA
monitors.   If anyone is planning on tossing them out, let me know, I can 
give a couple of them a good home.......  

Thanks.....Dave Chasey -- wn9nbt@ecn.purdue.edu

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Dave Chasey - Hardware Systems Engineer
Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1285  (317) 494-6425
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From: wn9nbt@ecn.purdue.edu (Dave Chasey)
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Subject: Re: Using 1490 monitor on another machine
Keywords: Zenith computers, 1490 monitor compatibility
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Date: 28 Jul 92 18:53:14 GMT
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