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From: jmv@sppy00.UUCP (Jim Vickroy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: determining cga, ega, vga
Message-ID: <596@sppy00.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 89 14:52:08 GMT
References: <5695@lindy.Stanford.EDU> <8019@cg-atla.UUCP> <1040@chyde.uwasa.fi>
Reply-To: jmv@sppy00.UUCP (Jim Vickroy)
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In article <5695@lindy.Stanford.EDU> GG.DAR@forsythe.stanford.edu (Aaron Reizes) writes:
=>How do I determine the type of video adapter installed,
=>CGA, EGA, or VGA?  So far I haven't found any easy way to be sure
=>which I am dealing with?
=>

I have a Microsoft C routine that identifies monitor subsystems. So far it
seems pretty solid. If your interested, I'll email the source.

jim
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