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From: myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Hooking up EGA to a VGA monitor
Message-ID: <17660027@hpfcdj.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Oct 89 18:17:11 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard -- Fort Collins, CO
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>I'm interested in finding out if it is possible to hook up a VGA
>monitor to an EGA card.  Has anybody tried this?  Does it work?

In general, no.  Unless your "VGA" monitor is actually a "multisync"
variety, or has an unusually wide range of sync frequencies over which it
will "lock in", this will not work.  The EGA and VGA timings are NOT
compatible.


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