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From: liberato@dri.com (Jimmy Liberato)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,rcsa.sysop.cdn,rcsa.island.tech
Subject: Re: COMPAQ Luggable (Circa '85) - Handle EGA?
Keywords: Compaq,EGA
Message-ID: <6YQV631@dri.com>
Date: 23 Dec 90 06:48:47 GMT
References: <580@oneb.UUCP>
Organization: Digital Research, Inc., Monterey Developement Center
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In article <580@oneb.UUCP> kmcvay@oneb.UUCP (Ken McVay) writes:

>The system is a 5-year-old Compaq Portable 286, model 101710. I am
>told it has a built-in 9" mono display and composit jack for RGB output.
>
>I am unfamiliar with Compaq, and would like to find out if the machine
>will accept an EGA card, or if the RGB graphics are built into the
>motherboard, and can't be over-ridden...

Further, does anyone know if those Compaq portable mono screens can
be driven with a Hercules card (hence graphics capability).  If so
does any one have a pin-out of the screen connector so I could make
an adapter for the Herc?

Thanks!

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Jimmy Liberato   liberato@dri.com
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