20 Dec
2007
20 Dec
'07
2:16 a.m.
Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
it's a de-facto standard for SVGA cards to produce
the Hercules
resolutions without complaint.
Um, no. It's the other way around. I think the number of clone VGA
cards I have ever seen that would produce/emulate Hercules 720x348 mode
1. I could count on one hand, and 2. were all manufactured before 1990.
Now, if you had said clone *EGA* card, I would have agreed with you.
Most clone EGA cards accepted a monochrome monitor (pinout was the same)
and would produce either Hercules 720x348 or EGA monochrom 640x350 on
request.
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