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From: abcscnge@csuna.csun.edu (Scott "The Pseudo-Hacker" Neugroschl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Mono-monitors at colour-adapters ?
Message-ID: <1971@csuna.csun.edu>
Date: 17 May 89 04:22:23 GMT
References: <5003@uklirb.UUCP> <503@atlas.tegra.UUCP> <LFK.89May15133138@mbio.med.upenn.edu>
Reply-To: abcscnge@csuna.csun.edu (Scott Neugroschl)
Organization: CSU Northridge
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In article <LFK.89May15133138@mbio.med.upenn.edu> lfk@mbio.med.upenn.edu (Lee Kolakowski) writes:
]In article <503@atlas.tegra.UUCP> vail@tegra.UUCP (Johnathan Vail) writes:
]   In article <5003@uklirb.UUCP> kirchner@uklirb.UUCP (Reinhard Kirchner) writes:
]      How can a monochrome monitor be used at a colour adapter ?

]	[deleted]

]      3. Some intelligent graphic adapter could do the conversion by itself.
]	 I know that VGA-adapters my drive mono-monitors, but
]	 - does this work even if the software uses a colour mode or must the
]	   software use the VGA-mono-mode ?
]
]   Unknown.  Maybe someone else knows.
]
]	 Is there any adapter known which does the conversion for CGA and EGA ?
]

]	[deleted]

]   I would suggest the Zenith mono-EGA.  It can do 16 shades with an EGA
]   card for about half the price of a color monitor.

I recommend the ATI VGAWonder or ATI EGAWonder.  It will interlace EGA/VGA
	on a colour monitor, display EGA/CGA in (dithered) grayscale on a
	mono monitor, and PC Mag said the the "VGA mode looked surprisingly
	good on a standard monochrome monitor".  The EGAWonder is the same,
	but without VGA.  These boards do extended EGA and/or VGA (800x600)
	too.




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