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From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: PS/2 Model 30 viedo Upgrade
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Date: 11 Nov 90 04:01:10 GMT
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In article <90312.151015DSB100@psuvm.psu.edu> DSB100@psuvm.psu.edu (David Bar
>In article <45058@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, trljim@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu 
>>I wondered if anyone had any experience with PS/2 model 30's ( 8086) chip and
>>video upgrades.  A friend has one and wants to get a color monitor for the
>>MCGA supported on tyhe mother board.  Anyone have any ideas for him?
>
>I've also tried to upgrade my klunky Model 30 to a VGA.  I tried Paradise's
>Basic VGA, but it is not compatible with Windows......
>All you need is a VGA monitor.  Just make sure that it has the right number
>of pins.

   The operative jargon here is MCGA, I thought it stood for MONO + CGA.
Meaning it has limited Mono type VGA compatability and capabilities, but
only CGA color capabilities.  Therefore, putting a color monitor on it
will result in pc-5150 era graphocs compatability....
al



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