Greg.Smith@p11.f477.n104.z1.METRONET.ORG (Greg Smith) (01/02/91)
To: sine@rhi.hi.is
AS> Can anyone tell me if you can get an EGA emulator for monochrome monitors,
AS> similar to the program SIMCGA which
AS> could display CGA on monochrome monitors.
AS> I would greatly appreciate a copy, if
AS> one exists, or information on where to
AS> get one.
Sorry, but the reason SIMCGA works is that CGA's resolution is less than Hercules, yet it uses only a few more colors. There might be one, but I doubt it. It would only do 320x200 mode anyways. I recommedn buying a VGA to solve your problems.
Greg
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=============================================================================sine@rhi.hi.is (Arnor Sigfusson) (01/02/91)
Can anyone tell me if you can get an EGA emulator for monochrome monitors, similar to the program SIMCGA which could display CGA on monochrome monitors. I would greatly appreciate a copy, if one exists, or information on where to get one. Thanks, Arnor Sigfusson
quimby@madoka.its.rpi.edu (Tom Stewart) (01/05/91)
(Greg Smith) writes: > > AS> Can anyone tell me if you can get an EGA emulator for monochrome monitors, > AS> similar to the program SIMCGA which > >Sorry, but the reason SIMCGA works is that CGA's resolution is less than >Hercules, yet it uses only a few more colors. There might be one, but I >doubt it. It would only do 320x200 mode anyways. I recommedn buying a VGA >to solve your problems. > EGA's resolution is also lower than Hercules. EGA is 640x350, while Herc. is 720x348. I'm not sure, but I believe 320x200 EGA is really 320x200 CGA, and that the high res. 320x200 modes are either MCGA or VGA. In any case, many if not most EGA programs support Herc. VGA is, IMHO, still a moving target, unless you *like* 640x480x16. Quimby (mailer disfunctional, replies to: quimby@mts.rpi.edu, quimby@rpitsmts.bitnet)
Greg.Smith@p11.f477.n104.z1.METRONET.ORG (Greg Smith) (01/09/91)
In a message to All <05 Jan 91 00:23> Tom Stewart wrote:
TS> is 720x348. I'm not sure, but I believe 320x200 EGA is really 320x200
TS> CGA, and that the high res. 320x200 modes are either MCGA or VGA. In
TS> any case, many if not most EGA programs support Herc. VGA is, IMHO,
TS> still a moving target, unless you *like* 640x480x16.
Not so, EGA's 320x200 is 16 out of a pallette of 64 colors, while CGA's is 4 colors out of well, 4. EGA's 640x350 is 16 colors, not 1 as in hercules. Also, many EGA boards today can be places in hercules emulation mode. As for me, I have VGA. There are better, but I don't have that kind of money. 640x480x16 and 360x480x256 are nice resolutions. Plus it's even possible for me to use some tweaked 750x510 type modes without much problems from the monitor.
Greg
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