Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucla-cs!wales From: wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Modest-budget XT color video recommendations? Message-ID: <30666@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 10 Jan 90 07:41:21 GMT Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: wales@CS.UCLA.EDU (Rich Wales) Organization: UCLA CS Department, Los Angeles Lines: 29 I have a "baby-AT" clone -- 8-MHz 286 CPU, XT (8-bit) bus -- with a monochrome monitor and a Hercules-clone video card. I would like to upgrade to some kind of color video system, but simply do not have the money available at this time to spend on a high-end multisync monitor and 1024x768 super-VGA card. Neither am I prepared right now to upgrade the system as a whole to a "full-AT" clone with a 16-bit bus. Can anyone offer recommendations for a reasonably priced color monitor and 8-bit-bus VGA card? Is there any way I can get away with something acceptable for a total price (monitor + card) of under $400? If not, then how about under $500? I've been told that EGA cards cost about as much as low-end VGA these days -- so I assume I shouldn't even bother considering EGA. But if this is not true (say, because I could get a much less expensive monitor for EGA than for even low-end VGA), then please tell me. I am prepared to accept less than blinding speed (as I said, I accept the fact that I'm stuck with an 8-bit XT bus). I'm also prepared to accept the limitations of a monitor that is not "top of the line". In short, I know I can't afford a Rolls-Royce color video system right now -- or even a BMW or Mercedes-Benz system -- so I'm willing to go with a VW or Toyota system if I can find one. -- Rich Wales // UCLA Computer Science Department 3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, CA 90024-1596 // +1 (213) 825-5683 "I never lie when I've got sand in my shoes, Commodore."