5150/5151 Video Card??

[Fred Cisin]

My apologies for my previous post; I have not yet received the original 
post.  Thank you, Matt, for having quoted it.

It does, indeed look like an aftermarket CGA.
The DE connector on there is 9 pin (see solder side), and is probably CGA 
RGB.  (NOT VGA!!)

The "real" OEM IBM CGA does not have that 4PST dip switch block.
That MIGHT be significant.
The "real" OEM IBM CGA also has a 4 pin berg connector, for use with an RF 
modulator (or the 5155 internal composite monitor), and a 6 pin connectoor 
for light pen.


If that board IS CGA (15.75KHz?), then do NOT connect a 5151 to it!
The 5151 is expecting MDA frequency, not CGA.
If that board is CGA, you can connect the RCA to the composite (yellow) 
input of a TV. VCR, or other RS170 device.


OTOH, it might be possible that that switch block might do various things, 
even permitting MDA frequencies?
(The IBM EGA included a similar switch block)





On Sun, 14 Aug 2016, Matt Patoray wrote:

> Looks to be a later 8 bit CGA card, non IBM.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 14, 2016, at 9:22 PM, Win Heagy <wheagy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have any info on this video card?  I wasn't able to find much.
>>
>> https://imgur.com/a/TjIzL
>>
>> The card came in a 5150, but whatever monitor they were using did not
>> come with the 5150.  I'd like to see if it's possible to use this card
>> with a 5151.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Win