Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!unmvax!ariel.unm.edu!nmsu!opus!ghenniga From: ghenniga@nmsu.edu (Gary Hennigan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: vga+hercules Message-ID: Date: 8 Nov 90 06:07:27 GMT References: <1990Nov7.205305.1469@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <1990Nov8.014907.8452@rice.edu> <1990Nov8.020046.8719@rice.edu> Sender: news@NMSU.Edu Distribution: usa Organization: NMSU Computer Science Lines: 18 In-reply-to: jsd@arcadien.rice.edu's message of 8 Nov 90 02:00:46 GMT In an article jsd@arcadien.rice.edu (Shawn Joel Dube), writes: >What's the point in using the hercules??? A VGA card, in a text >mode, offers the same resolution as does hercules. Don't know 'bout anyone else but having two monitors would be great for writing and especially debugging graphics programs. The debugger could be running on the HGC while the graphics are being displayed on the VGA! I think some people are fortunate enough to have such configurations, unfortunately I'm not one of them! -- Gary Hennigan +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: ghenniga@NMSU.Edu, henninsf@maxwel.NMSU.Edu + + Department of Electrical Engineering, Grad Student + + Physical Science Laboratory (ASS)istant systems programmer + +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+