Posted by Anonymous on 19, 2000 at 9:30 AM:
In Reply to: Re: CGA/EGA cards posted by itchy on 13, 2000 at 10:35 PM:
: : The problem is that they don't support enough colors. CGA was only 4 color (Maybe 16 in some cases I believe)
: yep, cga = 4 color graphic adaptor
: ega = 16 enhanced graphic adaptor
: :
: : : I have a couple CGA/EGA cards from back in the stone age
: : : of computers. Would they work to interface a CGA
: : : W-G arcade monitor to a PC. Has anyone ever tried it.
: : : Thanks
I have nown a few people that have hacked a cga card. To get exactly 256 colors working on them.
Hence you have to be an assembly programmer, and
have an eprom burner. Apparently this is the best
solution.