Reply 21 of 31, by rmay635703
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I had an identical looking Amdek monitor, came with a matching 286 computer.
The screen had round DIN inputs that were adapted to 9 pin on the pc side.
The PC could run In Hercules or CGA modes and the screen (after a little, H adjustment) fires right up in either mode.
So I would say that screen isn’t normal MDA.
Looking at the 9 pin video cable all the wires are there, many of my truly monochrome MDA screens were physically missing some pins.
Reply 22 of 31, by Grzyb
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Yes, looks like one of those "dual" MDA/CGA monitors.
Nie tylko, jak widzicie, w tym trudność, że nie zdołacie wejść na moją górę, lecz i w tym, że ja do was cały zejść nie mogę, gdyż schodząc, gubię po drodze to, co miałem donieść.
Reply 23 of 31, by Scali
wrote:Yes, looks like one of those "dual" MDA/CGA monitors.
Yes, that is likely. These were somewhat common with XT clones, since many clone videocards also supported CGA and Hercules.
I remember a friend of mine had one that could even invert the colours, so your text would look black-on-white.
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Reply 25 of 31, by Anonymous Coward
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wrote:wrote:Does anybody know this game?
It's Barbarian
Not to be confused with the much cooler Palace game of the same name released the same year!
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Reply 26 of 31, by Miphee
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Thank you for all your answers. I just bought another one with amber display, it is hooked to the same CGA card.
It doesn't have the NOR/REV switch. I'll try one of my CGA cards when it arrives.
Reply 27 of 31, by Grzyb
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wrote:Not to be confused with the much cooler Palace game of the same name released the same year!
You mean this, don't you? - https://www.mobygames.com/game/death-sword/screenshots
Heh, the PC variant is CGA only and looks awful.
A fine example of the era when PCs were already common enough to justify porting games to them, but not yet considered serious gaming machines - hence the poor quality of those ports...
Nie tylko, jak widzicie, w tym trudność, że nie zdołacie wejść na moją górę, lecz i w tym, że ja do was cały zejść nie mogę, gdyż schodząc, gubię po drodze to, co miałem donieść.
Reply 28 of 31, by Scali
wrote:wrote:Not to be confused with the much cooler Palace game of the same name released the same year!
You mean this, don't you? - https://www.mobygames.com/game/death-sword/screenshots
With the legendary box art, featuring Maria Whittaker: https://image.isu.pub/090223135443-6e9f6b915f … jpg/page_46.jpg
Reply 29 of 31, by Miphee
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Does anybody know the function of that NOR/REV switch? It's on my other monochrome too.
Reply 30 of 31, by Benedikt
wrote:Does anybody know the function of that NOR/REV switch? It's on my other monochrome too.
I strongly assume that VileRancour is right and that it stands for NORMAL/REVERSED (i.e. inverted):
wrote:wrote:I remember a friend of mine had one that could even invert the colours, so your text would look black-on-white.
The pictured monitor has a "NOR/REV" switch on the back - if I had to guess, it probably does just that 😀
Reply 31 of 31, by Miphee
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Sorry I missed that, thank you!