[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Color/monochrome jumper on motherboard

lane@cs.dal.ca (John Wright/Dr. Pat Lane) (06/20/89)

Yet another little question:
On the motherboards of several 286 and 386 machines I've seen a jumper
marked color/monochrome.  Given that there is a CMOS setting on such
machines for the default video mode, what exactly does this jumper do
(as opposed to the CMOS setting)?  What if you have EGA or VGA?

Thanks as always.

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