Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.tis.llnl.gov!helios.ee.lbl.gov!ucsd!ogicse!blake!milton!yjkim From: yjkim@milton.acs.washington.edu (Yong Kim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Advice wanted - Hercule or VGA paper white Keywords: Cheap mono monitor, but needs more... Message-ID: <2010@milton.acs.washington.edu> Date: 18 Feb 90 17:13:05 GMT Distribution: na Organization: Univ of Washington, Seattle Lines: 15 Recently I happned to buy a use AT box which comes with EGA/Hercule card built in the mother board (Western Digital board). I am not going to spend $$$ on color screen, but would like to buy a paper-white VGA (especially from Magnavoux or Samsung) monitor. My question is WILL VGA PAPER WHITE MONITOR WORK WITH EGA CARD? IS VGA a superset of EGA? Can anybody in the net help me decide? Of course, I am not limited to any specific brand names. Your experience/advice will be really appreciated and thanks to whoever will reply (in advance!). yongjae@blake.acs.washington.edu or yjkim@milton.u.washington.edu