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From: prs@io.UUCP (Paul Schmidt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: BIOS upgrade
Keywords: VGA
Message-ID: <2223@io.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 90 16:05:50 GMT
References: <4873@druwa.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: prs@eng.ileaf.com (Paul Schmidt)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Interleaf, Cambridge, MA
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In article <4873@druwa.ATT.COM> prime@druwa.ATT.COM (DavisAR) writes:
>In regard to my last posting about needing to upgrade my BIOS to support 
>an EGA monitor, I meant to say VGA monitor. I purchased a VGA monitor with
>an STB VGA card, but it would not work in my system. I took it back to the
>dealer and he inserted the card and monitor in an available PC. It worked
>fine. I suspect that my BIOS needs upgrading. What do you think? 


Unless you have a very, very old BIOS (e.g. an XT clone) or a very 
incompatible BIOS, that's not the trouble.