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From: wilsonbr@buster.cps.msu.edu (Brian R Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: VGA into XT?
Message-ID: <1991Jan28.191333.20263@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
Date: 28 Jan 91 19:13:33 GMT
References: <1991Jan20.110601.3963@csc.anu.edu.au> <28193.27a37d5c@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
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In article <28193.27a37d5c@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 2fmndiffer@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>In article <1991Jan20.110601.3963@csc.anu.edu.au>, imj502@csc.anu.edu.au writes:
>> G'Day,
>>    Would some kind soul(s) out there be kind enough to tell me if there are
>> any difficulties in puttung a VGA card into an old XT?  Are there any
>> things that I should specify when buying the card, other than it is for
>> an XT.
>>  			Thanks
>> 			Ian
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>The phrase that comes to mine when I see this is "Why bother?"  The card may
 

>very well have more memory on it than the motherboard!
>
>Actually, all you have to worry about is: is the VGA card an 8-bit or 16 bit
>(depending on if your CPU is an 8088 or an 8086 respectively), and whether or
>not it will fit in your XT's case.  Some cards are designed to fit in full-size
>or tower cases, and these cards will not fit into XT cases.


Actually, I have an XT with a paradise VGA card in it.  I use a IBM 8513
(PS/2 type) monitor, and I have never had a single glitch yet.  

One more thing to add... Don't worry about adding on to an XT.  I
currently have a 286 accelerator board, 2nd Hard disk (Hard Card), Disk
cache, and a micrsoft PS/2 mouse(with anh
adapter to swith to XT 9-pin form, all along with my VGA monitor.

I couldn't be more happy (honestly the speed is slow, but I'm a college
student with a limited budget.)  XT equiptment is becoming very
available, and cheap too.  I recommend checking with any large
corporations or businesses for equiptment they are selling, which they
are replacing with 386 machines.

If you have any troubles, feel free to write.  I'm sure I can help.

Brian  (wilsonbr@buster.cps.msu.edu)

P.S.:  Just so I don't get flamed...
If you have the means (money or business) I highly recomend dumping the
XT for a better machine (at least a 386sx).
.