Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:8620 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:9528 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!mimsy!dftsrv!oneel From: oneel@heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov ( Bruce Oneel ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Any CGA experts still around? Message-ID: Date: 13 May 91 14:10:33 GMT References: <1991May11.165935.6572@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Distribution: usa Organization: STX/GSFC Nasa Lines: 29 In-reply-to: ed@zaphod.uchicago.edu's message of 11 May 91 16:59:35 GMT In article <1991May11.165935.6572@midway.uchicago.edu> ed@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Ed Friedman) writes: I have recently acquired for next to nothing an IBM 3270 PC with a 5272 color monitor. The problem is that although colors work fine on the monitor, no graphics show up at all. System info claims that CGA is in place, but when I tried replacing the graphics card with a standard CGA card I saw nothing but garbage on the screen. A call to IBM revealed that the ROM's are not able to recognize graphics calls, but I was wondering if anyone knows of a 3rd party board that might have been built to work around this problem. Thanks in advance, Ed Friedman INTERNET: ed@zaphod.uchicago.edu Borland's Turbo C++ had a separate driver for the 3270 pc, to the best of my knowledge, for their BGI graphics package. This would indicate that it isn't a CGA, but has other capabilities. For what it's worth bruce -- Bruce O'Neel oneel@heasfs.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA/GSFC/STX/Code 664