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From: howard@kcl-cs.UUCP (JR Howard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: VGA into XT?
Message-ID: <1978@xenon.kcl-cs.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 91 14:12:51 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:
>>    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.
>
>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.


Woooooooow, rewind - that's just a tad of a typo.  Incase you just thought the
universe had rearranged itself - XT machines (8088 or 8086) only ever have
8bit slots - the comment about the size is true though.  Check, or its out
with the nail-file!

JR