yjkim@milton.acs.washington.edu (Yong Kim) (02/19/90)
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
usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) (02/19/90)
I bought an AT system with a Hercules graphics monitor, but quickly found that very little software (other than strict text) ran on it. My solution was to buy a very cheap Rennaisance VGA card ($140 brand new), and a Goldstar VGA paper white ($110 brand new). All my game playing friends were disappointed that I didn't get a color monitor, but I have been completely satisfied with mono. Try looking in Computer shopper for some really good deals. The prices noted above were what I paid in November 89, so they probably haven't dropped much since then. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patrick Draper - Michigan State University ------------------------------------------------------------------------