msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith) (03/22/88)
I just made the switch from a Panasonic Sr. Partner to a real, PC-II
AD Xt Turbo machine. However, The Sr. Partner used to run CGA
graphics on it's internal B/W monitor very nicely, and my new machine
seems to have, at best, a Hercules adapter.
What do people reccommend as the solution? I may someday upgrade to a
color monitor, so should I go with the ATI EGA Wonder, or just use
CGASIM. Is CGASIM compatible with most things?
Thank you for your help. Any replies will be appreciated.
Mark
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msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu msmith%topaz.rutgers.edu@CUNYVM.BITNETmsmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith) (03/22/88)
By the way, just in case you folks reccomend the EGA Wonder, anybody
want to sell me one cheap?
Mark
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msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu msmith%topaz.rutgers.edu@CUNYVM.BITNETberger@clio.las.uiuc.edu (03/24/88)
CGASIM is incompatible with a lot of things. A Hercules card
isn't really a good substitute for a CGA. If you want to get
something that you can use with a CGA or monochrome monitor now,
the ATI wonder card may not be the way to go. There have
been a lot of complaints about incompatibilities in various
displayy mode/monitor combinations. Consider the Paradise
Autoswitch 480, in the same price range, instead.
Mike Berger
Department of Statistics
Science, Technology, and Society
University of Illinois
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
{ihnp4 | convex | pur-ee}!uiucuxc!clio!bergerscm@gtx.com (Sue Miller) (03/27/88)
Mike Berger says: >CGASIM is incompatible with a lot of things. A Hercules card >isn't really a good substitute for a CGA. If you want to get >something that you can use with a CGA or monochrome monitor now, >the ATI wonder card may not be the way to go. There have >been a lot of complaints about incompatibilities in various >displayy mode/monitor combinations. Consider the Paradise >Autoswitch 480, in the same price range, instead. > Hmmm, in my opinion CGA is a poor substitute for Hercules. In any case, the newest version of SIMCGA works very much better than the original version. I haven't much use for it, since I rarely run s/w that requires such, but I did notice that the new one crashes very little compared to the old. I very much cherish the resolution that I get with a mono graphics card, and am not too terribly impressed with any but the very most expensive color cards (VGA+ is almost as good as herc) -- so here you see how very different 2 users' requirements can be... -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Sue Miller {ihnp4,cbosgd,decvax,hplabs,seismo}!sun!sunburn!gtx!scm ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) (03/31/88)
In article <600@gtx.com> scm@gtx.UUCP (Sue Miller) writes:
< Mike Berger says:
<
<>CGASIM is incompatible with a lot of things. A Hercules card
<>isn't really a good substitute for a CGA. If you want to get
<>something that you can use with a CGA or monochrome monitor now,
<>the ATI wonder card may not be the way to go. There have
<>been a lot of complaints about incompatibilities in various
<>displayy mode/monitor combinations. Consider the Paradise
<>Autoswitch 480, in the same price range, instead.
<
< Hmmm, in my opinion CGA is a poor substitute for Hercules. In any
<case, the newest version of SIMCGA works very much better than the
<original version. I haven't much use for it, since I rarely run
<s/w that requires such, but I did notice that the new one crashes
<very little compared to the old.
<
< I very much cherish the resolution that I get with a mono graphics
<card, and am not too terribly impressed with any but the very most
<expensive color cards (VGA+ is almost as good as herc) -- so here you
<see how very different 2 users' requirements can be...
There are *some* Hercules clones out there that beat this problem.
At work our current standard mono card is the MG-150 from DTI (I've
also heard it reffered to by our vendor as an "LTI or el-tek" card
(spelling unknown!)).
This card comes with a program that serves the same function as the
HGC program for the Hercules cards (ie setting FULL, HALKF & DIAG)
a diagnostic program(!) and a color simulator program. The card apparently
has an extra mode used by this software as it *only* works properly with
their card. But the results are amazing. It looked *better* than a CGA
card driving a mono monitor!!! No flicker either.
I have no connection with this company other than as a satisfied
customer...
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