[comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] Mono EGA graphics - Possible?

jharper@triton.unm.edu (JT) (11/05/90)

Does anybody know if its possible to toggle a monochrome EGA graphics mode
on an EGA card? If so how? I'm trying to find a way to get some EGA games
to work with my monochrome monitor. By the way, I'm using a Everex EV-659
EGA card.

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otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) (11/08/90)

In article <1990Nov4.221143.3061@ariel.unm.edu> jharper@triton.unm.edu (JT) writes:
   Does anybody know if its possible to toggle a monochrome EGA graphics mode
   on an EGA card? If so how? I'm trying to find a way to get some EGA games
   to work with my monochrome monitor. By the way, I'm using a Everex EV-659
   EGA card.

Yes it is possible.  The bad news is, the EGA monochrome mode is a separate
mode from the EGA color modes, and hardly any programs support it.  That's
why most EGA cards have also a Hercules-like mode.
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