Subj : Re: Price Piece in your c
To   : Dr. What
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri May 13 2022 09:08:24

  Re: Re: Price Piece in your c
  By: Dr. What to ACMEBBS on Fri May 13 2022 11:50 pm

 DW> Until LGR showed one off, I was never even aware that monochrome VGA even
 DW> existed.

 DW> "Monochrome VGA" always seemed an oxymoron. The whole purpose of VGA was
 DW> the great color. If you wanted monochrome, a Hercules card with (much
 DW> cheaper) monochrome monitor worked great.

Yeah, I always thought monochrome VGA seemed weird..  I first saw a monochrome VGA monitor in the early-mid 90s, and I wondered what the point was.  I thought the same thing, if you wanted monochrome, you could use Hercules or something.  But I had heard monochrome VGA monitors were less expensive than color VGA monitors, and offered compatibility with software that needed VGA.  I doubt Windows 95, for instance, supported Hercules monochrome.  At some point, I think most software required VGA at a minimum.

Nightfox
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