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From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: In VGA hell... help?
Message-ID: <1990Oct22.215027.12207@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 22 Oct 90 21:50:27 GMT
References: <35108@cup.portal.com> <23oeR4w163w@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
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In article <23oeR4w163w@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
>Justin_Randall_Padawer@cup.portal.com writes:
>> vgaplus.exe program to switch modes etc.  No dipswitch on the 286 board,
>> just a jumper to select mono or color; I have the jumper set to color
>> ...should I try mono???
>
>Um, it's a wild guess, but I'd say that if you're using a monochrome
>monitor, you should probably have the system set to mono.
>
>Also, note that you probably won't be able to use the color VGA modes
>with your mono monitor.
>

Well this is pretty bad advice. A mono VGA system is no different from a color
VGA system except that all you can get is grayscale. That is, colors are
displayed in different intensities of gray.

You should be able to set it up as a VGA system and have it work. That means
selecting the color dipswitch setting.

Of course, perhaps your system doesn't support VGA?

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