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        Hi.
> > PC Gurus:
> >
> > I am putting together an old computer (Northgate,
> > remember them?) to give to a disadvantaged
> > family. It's a 386 with 4MB RAM, 330 MB hard drive,
> > VGA with a grey-scale paperwhite monitor. I've loaded
> > my old set of Windows 3.11 W4W disks on the hard
> > drive.
> >
> > The Problem:  I cannot find the Mono VGA drivers; I've
> > looked on the installation disks.  I recall having to
> > download them from somewhere but it's been 3 years
> > since I've done anything with Win3.11.
> >
> > Can anyone direct me to a website that would have
> > the Win3.11 mono VGA drivers?
>
>         I'm just wondering why would you want (or need) mono VGA drivers. To the
> computer, your video card is a normal color VGA system, it is just your
> monitor that is ignoring most of the color information. Try the normal VGA
> driver, it should work fine, it does on my machine. TTYL
>

        Agree. I think there are a set of colors for mono.

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Javier Vizcaino. Ability Electronics. [log in to unmask]

Starting point:        (-1)^(-1) = -1
Applying logarithms: (-1)*ln(-1) = ln(-1)
Since ln(-1) <> 0, dividing:  -1 = 1
     (ln(-1) is complex, but exists)

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