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From: brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IBM EGA<->VHS VCR
Message-ID: <2303@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jul 89 16:57:36 GMT
References: <176@stsim.UUCP>
Reply-To: brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot)
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In article <176@stsim.UUCP> erik@stsim.UUCP (Erik Kascik) writes:
<Can someone explain to me the exact process of recording onto a VHS VCR
<from an IBM PC with EGA ?

Normally, you can't.  1) the EGA doesn't have a NTSC output 2) because
the format of EGA is not NTSC compatable.

If you are looking for a way just to physically connect the EGA output to your
VCR, forget it.  The only way is to purchase a special EGA RGB to NTSC
converter.
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