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From: mvp@hsv3.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: VGA Cards that work on PC's and 386's?
Message-ID: <3463@hsv3.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jul 90 00:44:10 GMT
References: <19145@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <1640126@hpspcoi.HP.COM>
Reply-To: mvp@hsv3.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt)
Organization: Video 7 + G2 = Headland Technology
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In article <1640126@hpspcoi.HP.COM> dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) writes:
>>am curious if there is a VGA card that will work in a PC/XT type
>>machine and also in a 386.

>You need an 8 bit VGA card. Paradise is the only one that makes
>such a beast as far as I know. The alternative is a 16 bit card 
>that can operate in 8 bit mode. 

I think most 16-bit VGA cards will work in 8-bit mode.  I know
that the Video 7 boards will; I'm using a 1024i in my old
Sperry XT clone at home.
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