Re: monochrome monitor

2003-02-13 Thread Walter
, or it is labeled something obscure like JP34 or something like that. :( Nothing like that I saw on the Acer.. BUT! I also have an (old) HP 486, and on its MB there's a VGADIS set of pins. So moving the jumper over allowed the monochrome monitor to work (disabled the VGA)! THANKS!! Walter

Re: monochrome monitor

2003-02-13 Thread Doug Reynolds
something obscure like JP34 or something like that. :( Nothing like that I saw on the Acer.. BUT! I also have an (old) HP 486, and on its MB there's a VGADIS set of pins. So moving the jumper over allowed the monochrome monitor to work (disabled the VGA)! THANKS!! cool. I run my home mail/firewall

Re: monochrome monitor

2003-02-12 Thread Doug Reynolds
On Fri, 07 Feb 2003 20:05:46 -0500, Walter wrote: I have no manual for this (used) Acer Pentium 120. The Acer web site does not appear to have schematics or other MB information (that I could find). And looking at the MB I see nothing that leads me (a non-tech) to think there's a VGA/MGA

Re: monochrome monitor

2003-02-09 Thread Tony
monitors etc... Ian Dax Eckenberg wrote: Daxbert wrote: I have a monochrome monitor I'd like to plug in to a pentium-based FBSD router. Does your system's bios support older video? Video selection is normally found on the first bios setup page. Thanks. I put back

monochrome monitor

2003-02-07 Thread Walter
I have a monochrome monitor I'd like to plug in to a pentium-based FBSD router. This worked fine on the old 386 computer it came from, but now that the 386 is dead, I'd still like to use it over a color monitor. Pulling the VGA card and replacing it with the mono card and monitor does not work

Re: monochrome monitor

2003-02-07 Thread Daxbert
I have a monochrome monitor I'd like to plug in to a pentium-based FBSD router. This worked fine on the old 386 computer it came from, but now that the 386 is dead, I'd still like to use it over a color monitor. Pulling the VGA card and replacing it with the mono card and monitor does

Re: monochrome monitor

2003-02-07 Thread Walter
Daxbert wrote: I have a monochrome monitor I'd like to plug in to a pentium-based FBSD router. Does your system's bios support older video? Video selection is normally found on the first bios setup page. Thanks. I put back the VGA monitor card and checked. On the BIOS set-up page it shows

Re: monochrome monitor

2003-02-07 Thread Dax Eckenberg
Daxbert wrote: I have a monochrome monitor I'd like to plug in to a pentium-based FBSD router. Does your system's bios support older video? Video selection is normally found on the first bios setup page. Thanks. I put back the VGA monitor card and checked. On the BIOS set-up page

Re: monochrome monitor

2003-02-07 Thread Walter
Dax Eckenberg wrote: Daxbert wrote: I have a monochrome monitor I'd like to plug in to a pentium-based FBSD router. Does your system's bios support older video? Video selection is normally found on the first bios setup page. Thanks. I put back the VGA monitor card and checked

Re: monochrome monitor

2003-02-07 Thread Dax Eckenberg
Dax Eckenberg wrote: Daxbert wrote: I have a monochrome monitor I'd like to plug in to a pentium-based FBSD router. Does your system's bios support older video? Video selection is normally found on the first bios setup page. Thanks. I put back the VGA monitor card and checked

Re: monochrome monitor

2003-02-07 Thread Walter
Dax Eckenberg wrote: Dax Eckenberg wrote: Daxbert wrote: I have a monochrome monitor I'd like to plug in to a pentium-based FBSD router. Does your system's bios support older video? Video selection is normally found on the first bios setup page. Thanks. I put back the VGA monitor card

Re: monochrome monitor

2003-02-07 Thread James Long
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 01:10:09PM -0500, Walter wrote: I'm guessing either the BIOS does not handle mono, or maybe just this mono card. Long, long, ago, motherboards had a jumper on them, with one position for monochrome, and another position for everything else. Either I missed it, or you

Re: monochrome monitor

2003-02-07 Thread Walter
I have no manual for this (used) Acer Pentium 120. The Acer web site does not appear to have schematics or other MB information (that I could find). And looking at the MB I see nothing that leads me (a non-tech) to think there's a VGA/MGA selector. Anything particular writing or abbreviations I