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From: phys169@canterbury.ac.nz
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Subject: Re: Hercules shrugged
Message-ID: <1990Nov7.130012.9700@canterbury.ac.nz>
Date: 7 Nov 90 00:00:12 GMT
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In article <1990Oct30.193858.25746@nntp-server.caltech.edu>, gwoho@nntp-server.caltech.edu (g liu) writes:
> i have a hercules mono card+$50 amber monitor, which i really like.
> i am thinking of getting a cheep ega card so i can play games.
> would i still be about to use the mono card+monitor if i put in
> a ega card? i want games to run on the ega card, everything else
> on the mono.
I presume you mean adding an ega card *and screen*; ega cards will work with
mono screens (and have a graphics mode), but very little software will support
their graphics mode (and it isn't as good as the 720x348 you get with the Herc
card). I find a cga emulation program with my Hercules card is better than the
same screen plugged into an ega card, in the number of programs that will run. 
If you do have a 2nd screen, and have 2 cards in at the same time, pay a lot of
attention to the "primary" and "secondary" selections on the DIP switches 
available on some cards (many cards have more options now than the original 
EGA card, so you need to be more careful).

> also, i might be able to buy a cheap st251+card. i have a no-brand
> ide drive + card. is it possable to use both in one computer?
> gwoho liu.
probably not. I tried it and couldn't get it to work.

Mark Aitchison.