Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!olivea!uunet!sbi!zeus! From: nee@cf_su14.Sbi.Com (Robert Nee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Dual monitors Message-ID: <166@cf_su20.cf_su10.Sbi.COM> Date: 7 Feb 91 20:25:35 GMT References: <26762@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <91037.150254BUAD1621@Ryerson.CA> <26753@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Sender: news@cf_su10.Sbi.COM Reply-To: nee@cf_su14.Sbi.Com (Robert Nee) Organization: Salomon Brothers, NY Lines: 13 ath: cf_su10!cf_su14!nee > Someone recently posted that if I have a 16-bit VGA card and an 8-bit > monochrome card in my system that my VGA will automatically be throttled > down to 8-bit...this would become an unacceptable bottleneck in my > IO (I have a 386-33). If so, is there a way around it? As far as I know there isn't. The solution would be a monochrome display adapter with a 16-bit interface. This would allow both displays to coexist and operate at full 16-bit speed. But alas monochrome is dead... Who would want a 16bit mono board anyway? I WOULD! Robert F. Nee