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From: 2fmndiffer@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: VGA into XT?
Message-ID: <28193.27a37d5c@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 28 Jan 91 07:24:44 GMT
References: <1991Jan20.110601.3963@csc.anu.edu.au>
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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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.