31 Oct
2006
31 Oct
'06
3:08 p.m.
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Richard wrote:
The 5150 came with a monochrome adapter, IIRC, not
CGA. CGA was later!
ONLY IN CERTAIN SUB-MARKETS.
CGA and MDP were available at the same time.
MDP had much nicer text display; CGA color monitors were very expensive.
Therefore, it didin't make much sense to go CGA.
UNLESS, . . . you have the extreme level of technical expertise
to make or buy a cable to connect a composite video monitor
(often with UHF connectors) to the composite RCA jack (or to the
4 pin Berg that was supplied for connecting SUP'RMOD2 RF modulator),
and the willingness to accept video quality that was about the same
as other current micros, just to save $700.