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From: lane@cs.dal.ca (John Wright/Dr. Pat Lane)
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Subject: VGA cards: 8-bit vs. 16-bit
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Date: 20 Jun 89 06:27:55 GMT
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Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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We have some 286 and 386 machines that came with Renaissance RGVA1 VGA
cards.  I notice that these are only 8-bit (ie. go into the short slots).
I thought VGA cards were typically 16-bit (have both interface connectors).
Also the doc. says they have 256K RAM (there are 8 MT4067-12 chips on the
card).  Don't the better VGA card come with 512K?  (As you might tell, I
know diddly about VGA.)

The question?  Are we and how badly are we getting hosed here?

While I'm on it, we got Tatung CM-1496 analog monitors.  Haven't seen any 
reviews (I suspect they may be marketed under other names).  Anyone have
any opinions on these?

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