While I am not positive, I beleive that putting an EGA monitor on a VGA card
may damage either the card or the monitor. If I remember correctly (and I
may not be) one of the wires used to carry video signal on the a VGA
monitor, caries some type of voltage in an EGA.

Dennis Noble
Computer Parts & Upgrades
http://www.computersalacarte.com

>Dear List Members:
>
>I have an old Packard Bell P90 that was given to me a while back but it
does
>not have a monitor. I recently aquired an older Packard Bell EGA monitor -
>Model PB1472W manufactured in 1989.  The P90 has a CL-GD5434 video card.
>
>I noticed in my Jameco catalog a VGA adapter - Male DA15 to Female DE9 for
>$3.95.  My question is, will I be able to use this older monitor with this
old
>P90. I am just going to fool around with Linux on it so I don't really care
>about a fancy display...just something functional.

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