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From: mjf@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Michael J Flory)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Microsoft working models refuse VGA monochrome monitor?
Summary: Does the PS/2 say it's mono?  What about the number of colors?
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Date: 17 May 91 11:40:41 GMT
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I've used the working models with no problem on my mono VGA -- the 
super VGA board in my machine doesn't know what I've got plugged into
it... In fact, the Working Models are shipped with CompuAdd laptops,
which of course are only mono.  Could it be that the PS/2 knows what
equipment is attached (or doesn't?) and tells the software?

I have Windows set up with the 16-color drivers, by the way.  I don't 
recall if I tried the WM with the 2-color drivers or not.

You might want to go into Windows Setup and check to make sure that
Windows recognized your VGA.  If the display is listed as something 
other than VGA, change it to VGA and see if that helps.  That might
even include changing "VGA WITH MONO MONITOR" to "VGA."

Good luck... Michael Flory (mjf@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu)