Hello Vic,

Wednesday, October 06, 1999, 5:50:13 PM, you wrote:

VH> Hi Folks,

VH> I was given a NEC Multisync GS2A monitor that I want to use with a old
VH> computer that i have laying around. Its been quite a while since i had to
VH> worry about such monitors and i cant remember if I need a GS video card. I
VH> recall something about a Hercules card ??

Check the connector - Hercules has 9-pin, black&white monitor. You
will need the matching card - your options are Hercules, CGA, EGA,
VGA. There is no way to get a new card for any except VGA, only used.
All of these are ISA as well and you can't use them with a PC that has
PCI or VL-bus ports.

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