Many older boards had a switch or jumper that needed to be changed for color
or monochrome.  I think they stopped that with the 386 generation and
switched to BIOS settings.  But some of the earlier 486's may have that
color/mono option.

So there are two things to look for.  A switch/jumper or a BIOS setting.

Jim Meagher
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> I have taken another step on my quest to build a garbage can
> computer.
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> Well, this new board works ok, with a VGA adaptor.  But a hercules adapter
> gives only a blinking cursor at the upper left corner of the screen.  No
> text is displayed.