Chuck Guzis wrote:
Wait--you had to buy a modulator for the CGA.
?? I don't follow -- I got perfectly good color out of my composite CGA
just fine (40x25, 160x200). Yes, 80x25 was B&W if you wanted it to be
legible :-) but I don't ever remember having to buy a modulator...
confused...
You had to be there. ;) It was the argument of the OP that the CGA was
superior to the MDA because you didn't need to buy a $600 IBM monitor if
you didn't want to. I took the "official" IBM slant that, yes, indeed you
didn't--you'd simply hook it up to your TV set through a modulator (I
believe that there's even an allusion to that in the maroon PC installation
manual). That and an audio cassette recorder and a couple of joysticks and
you were in business with your very own family entertainment system.
Ah yes, thank you for the clarification. Sarcasm received and
registered :-) Yes, the IBM PC+CGA as a family entertainment system was
a very very hard sell in 1982...
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