First post, by retropol
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Reply 1 of 8, by The Serpent Rider
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Early VGA card, very slow. Absolutely not worth it.
I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.
Reply 2 of 8, by Vynix
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Eh to test something if it boots, sure why not, but using this in an actual build... Not so much.
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Reply 3 of 8, by retropol
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great, thx...
saw such card in one very old pc offered on auction,
and hoped at least this card will be interesting,
looks piece of sh..t then...
Reply 4 of 8, by Vynix
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I've heard about a particular Oak VGA card being able to do EGA (?) as well, could it be one of these cards?
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Reply 5 of 8, by Grzyb
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wrote:I've heard about a particular Oak VGA card being able to do EGA (?) as well, could it be one of these cards?
If you mean that it can use EGA monitor, then yes.
It was pretty common in early VGA clones to support TTL monitors, see cards based on ATI 18800, Trident TVGA8800, Tseng ET3000, and others from that era.
Żywotwór planetarny, jego gnijące błoto, jest świtem egzystencji, fazą wstępną, i wyłoni się z krwawych ciastomózgowych miedź miłująca...
Reply 6 of 8, by Vynix
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Yes that's what I meant by that (my memory is fuzzy when it comes to these cards..) these days it's more of a moot point because EGA monitors are becoming hard to find these days.
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Reply 7 of 8, by retropol
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this card has 2 dsub9 sockets... one for vga other for ega?
Reply 8 of 8, by Grzyb
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One DE-15 for VGA, and one DE-9 - most likely for all TTL monitors: MDA, CGA, EGA.
Żywotwór planetarny, jego gnijące błoto, jest świtem egzystencji, fazą wstępną, i wyłoni się z krwawych ciastomózgowych miedź miłująca...