labc-4dc@e260-4e.berkeley.edu (Erik Talvola) (02/17/89)
I currently am using a fairly cheap 10 MHz Turbo XT clone with a Hercules Graphics Card. Although the adapter is nice - I get good text, good _MONOCHROME_ graphics, and can run most software for the CGA using SimCGA, I want to upgrade. I would like to get a VGA card, with the ability to display at least 640x480x256 resolution (800x600x256 would be nice, but not necessary). The catch is that I only have an 8-bit bus motherboard. Now, I can get an 8-bit VGA card, but I may be upgrading my PC to a 80386 sometime, and would not want to be stuck with an 8-bit card. Now, my question is, do any of the 16-bit VGA boards work fine in an 8-bit bus - just ignoring the extra pins? Or will I be stuck with buying an 8-bit card, and then if I get a 16-bit motherboard, be stuck with a slow 8-bit card unless I upgrade to a 16-bit card? Please send E-Mail and I will summarize responses if they are illuminating at all. Many thanks in advance. -- Erik Talvola | "It's just what we need... a colossal negative labc-4dc@web.berkeley.edu | space wedgie of great power coming right at us c164-2bf@bard.berkeley.edu | at warp speed." -- Star Drek