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Re: Hercules mono graphics adaptor
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Neal Daskal <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:05:55 EDT
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From IBM PC and PS/2 Pocket Reference Manual S41G-5086-00 page 11:

Disp  Sync          Description
Type  Freq V/H
5151  50/16.257khz  Mono

>I have access to a  couple of old PC mono adaptors.  They have 64KB of dram
>and a parallel port.  How can I tell if these are "hercules compatible" or
>knockoffs of the older IBM MDA?
>
>Secondly, a related question: Where can I find the horizontal and vertical
>scan frequencies for a PC monochrome (amber) monitor?  I need these, if I
>can get a Hercules clone, to install XFree86 on my linux system.
>
>Alan Davis
>--
>Alan E. Davis                       Marianas High School (Science Department)
>AAA196, Box 10001    [log in to unmask]   http://www.saipan.netpci.com/~adavis
>Saipan, MP  96950    15.16oN 145.7oE    GMT+10       Northern Mariana Islands

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