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From: pschwart@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Paul Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Does VGA monitor work with CGA card?
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Date: 13 Nov 90 14:55:48 GMT
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In article <hns.658400390@renoir>, hns@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Henning Spruth) writes...

>Hi, netters!
> 
>A friend of mine is considering upgrading his CGA adapter to a
>VGA card. He wants to buy a cheap, no-multisync b/w VGA monitor.
>Besides his XT, he has an old Bondwell laptop which uses CGA, too.
> 
>Question: will he be able to junk his old CGA monitor entirely and use
>	  the VGA monitor with the laptop?
> 
>As far as I know, a VGA card & monitor should be able to display
>all CGA and EGA video modes as well. Does this imply that a garden
>variety VGA monitor can handle the video signal generated by the
>CGA card?

    Nope.

    CGA = Digital <> Analog = VGA

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