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From: jlb@aipna.ed.ac.uk (John Beaven)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Can you connect a VGA monochrome monitor to a CGA card?
Keywords: VGA, CGA
Message-ID: <1643@aipna.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 21 Nov 89 10:40:14 GMT
Reply-To: jlb@aipna.ed.ac.uk (John Beaven)
Organization: Dept of AI, Edinburgh University, UK.
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Hi folks.

I have recently got hold of a cheap monochrome VGA monitor (Alcatel) and I 
have been told that it is possible to connect it to a CGA card (of course, 
giving CGA picture quality).

The snag is that the VGA monitor comes with a 15-pin connector, and the CGA card
has a 9-pin.

I heard one story that it was possible to make a fairly simple connector
for puting them together. Can anyone enlighten me as to which pin 
corresponds to which?

Another story I heard was that this was impossible.

Any comments?


Thanks - John Beaven

email: jlb@aipna.ed.uk.ac