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SVGA: old card, new monitor ?

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From: Michael J. Cross
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 00:00
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I have a Ti'Ko 486 DX/33 bought in April 1992. It has an ISA Orchid 
motherboard which has a single pre-VESA local bus slot. This contains
an Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 D gfx card. The monitor is an AOC CM-336 non-
interlaced.

I'm thinking of demoting the monitor for use with a mono laptop, and
buying a new 15" monitor for the Ti'Ko. Given that the Fahrenheit card
is 4 years old, am I likely to have problems with modern SVGA 
monitors with regard to refresh rates and any other compatability
issues? (Presumably technology has moved on somewhat compared 
with 1992?) Or will any decent modern monitor cope quite happily?

I run Windows at 1024x768x256, which is the best the card will do
non-interlaced. For this mode the docs quote vertical refresh
rates of 45Hz, 60Hz and 70Hz depending on dip switch settings.

thanks in advance,
-- 
      Michael J. Cross             Internet : mike@mjckeh.demon.co.uk
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