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From: chasm@attctc.DALLAS.TX.US (Charles Marslett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: EGA Monitor Recommendation...
Summary: It has to!
Message-ID: <8574@attctc.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 8 Jul 89 02:21:16 GMT
References: <369@berlioz.nsc.com> <497@enprt.Wichita.NCR.COM>
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Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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In article <497@enprt.Wichita.NCR.COM>, gharring@enprt.Wichita.NCR.COM (Gary Harrington) writes:
> In article <369@berlioz.nsc.com> gwang@logic.nsc.com (George Wang) writes:
> >I am interested in purchasing a low-cost EGA monitor... 
> 
>     In a related question,  does an EGA monitor (not multisync'ing)
>     usually also do CGA (i.e. does a regular EGA monitor usually 
>     double-scan so that it is good for both EGA and CGA)?

It does not double-scan, but it has to support 200 line display modes (so
a CGA adapter can drive it in all the modes that the CGA card -- the EGA just
adds 16-color graphics with 200-line displays and, of course, the 350 line
text and graphics modes).

>     Gary Harrington      Gary.Harrington@ncrwic.UUCP
>     Wichita, Kansas      or gharring@enprt.Wichita.NCR.COM

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