> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 02:51:10 +0400
> From: "Chad A. Fernandez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Hello? EGA? RLL?
> On 1999-06-21 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>> Also, EGA monitors and cards are really quite rare these days;
>> there are probably 40 CGAs for every EGA found.
> I don't get this. I have heard about EGA being rare from several different
> sources. Why? Did most people jump right from CGA to VGA? I have an EGA
> setup on my 286 and I also have a spare IBM EGA monitor that I got with my
> IBM XT with CGA card.
Yes, it seems that EGA was around for only one, or at most, two years
before IBM's VGA came out. ( I could be wrong, but I don't think that
IBM ever bothered with CGA. IBMs seemed to go straight from green mono
to EGA.)
The vast quantity of CGAs produced were due, no doubt, to the availability
of the 6845 video controller chip. Almost anyone could build a CGA card
using an off-the-shelf chip, rather than spend big bucks developing a
better graphics card. ( Some mfgs did, of course - but its funny: many
of them are not around anymore, or are minor players, today. STB comes to
mind.)
- John T.
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