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From: rkl@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (kevin.laux)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Sony CPD-1302 Multiscan with VGA?
Message-ID: <7516@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>
Date: 19 Jan 90 17:21:49 GMT
References: <3563@cbnewsl.ATT.COM>
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In article <3563@cbnewsl.ATT.COM>, summit@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (philip.listowsky) writes:
> 
> 1) If the 1302 really runs VGA stuff, why does its ref. manual
>    say: "Compatible with the IBM 3270 and IBM PC, AT, and XT microcomputers
>          using the CGA, EGA, PGA, and MDA."?
>    (no mention of VGA in the manual!)

	I don't know why it doesn't mention VGA.
> 
> 2) Will my 1302 employ VGA in all its glory, or do I really need
>    to get a new monitor?  :-(

	The 1302 really does work in VGA mode - I have such a monitor and
used it with the Sony 3081 Overlay card.  The graphics chipset was from
Paradise.  You'll need a VGA card with 512K video ram on it to support
VGA (640 x 480, 256 colors).

--rkl