LCD woes

From: Doug Spence <ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca>
Date: Tue Sep 8 06:14:11 1998

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Shawn Rutledge wrote:

> I've seen cards that could do both CGA and HGC, and maybe even EGA modes.
> They had DIP switches as you are describing.
>
> As for some software requireing a switch to be flipped - maybe it also
> has a way of emulating CGA via HGC, or something.

This is possible, as the software I had to flip a switch to run (GeoWorks
Ensemble setup) seems to assume I'm using CGA.

I'll have to put a system information-type program on there to see if it
reports different display cards with different switch settings.


Doug Spence
ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
Received on Tue Sep 08 1998 - 06:14:11 BST

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