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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Sony CPD-1302 Multiscan with VGA?
Message-ID: <400@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 90 03:45:06 GMT
References: <3563@cbnewsl.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
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In article <3563@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> summit@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (philip.listowsky) writes:

| 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!)

  Probably the manual was written pre-VGA.
| 
| 2) Will my 1302 employ VGA in all its glory, or do I really need
|    to get a new monitor?  :-(

  It should handle the standard VGA resolutions. PGA was (is)
640x480x256, which is kind of at the limit of what a standard VGA will
do, even with extra memory. Yes, a real IBM will (usually) do 800x600,
but the 1024x768 modes are not part of all VGAs. I would expect your
monitor to function well with STANDARD modes. Note that my original
Multisync will support these extended modes, even though I have to tweak
the controls. The new models will sync right in.
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