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From: skip@ubvax.UUCP (Stayton D Addison Jr)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Hercules Color Card
Message-ID: <561@ubvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 2-Oct-86 09:56:49 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  2 09:56:49 1986
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In article <10800031@uiucdcsp> forbus@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
> ... (discussion about Hercules)
>What about EGA, PGA?  Wait on them.  Most software doesn't know about
>them, and CGA clones are CHEAP.  Rumor has it that there will be
>yet another "graphics standard" introduced next year, so I wouldn't
>bet my money on anything fancier right now.  Cutting-edge technology
>cuts both ways, you know.

To the contrary, almost all graphics software knows about the EGA card.  The 
PGA, though, will never be a hit.  As for rumors about another graphics 
standard, there are ALWAYS rumors about another graphics standard.  Don't 
bother waiting around for new technology that'll take another year after 
introduction to get incorporated into the software base.  

IBM's EGA is a little expensive.  I'm using a Genoa Spectrum EGA card right
now.  There are other good ones available.  You'll want at least 128k of
video RAM and the IBM EGA requires an expensive daughterboard for that.

-- Skip Addison
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