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From: summit@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (philip.listowsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Sony CPD-1302 Multiscan with VGA?
Message-ID: <3563@cbnewsl.ATT.COM>
Date: 9 Jan 90 21:07:09 GMT
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I have decided to shelf my EGA XT and get a VGA 386.

I have a Sony 1302 monitor (from my EGA system),
and the salespeople and the Sony people say that  the 1302
will support VGA (so I wouldn't have to buy a new monitor
for my new 386 VGA system, theoretically).

My questions  for net-land gurus are:

1) If the 1302 really runs VGA stuff, why does its ref. manual
   say: "Compatible with the IBM 3270 and IBM PC, AT, and XT microcomputers
         using the CGA, EGA, PGA, and MDA."?
   (no mention of VGA in the manual!)

2) Will my 1302 employ VGA in all its glory, or do I really need
   to get a new monitor?  :-(


Thanks in advance,

Phil