Subj : Re: Price Piece in your c
To   : Nightfox
From : Dr. What
Date : Sun May 15 2022 02:37:50

-=> Nightfox wrote to Dr. What <=-

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

I wonder about the software compatibility, though.

Did a monochrome VGA display offer 256 shades of green/amber?

I have a Tandy 1100FD.  It's a CGA system, but since it's a laptop, it has an
LCD display, which is monochrome.  When I run software, I have to deal with the
fact that not all color combinations are readable (or sometimes not visible).


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