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First post, by blanning

Posted on 2021-02-07, 04:21

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Is there an inexpensive way to get graphics on a monochrome monitor? Hercules boards seem to be pricey.

Reply 1 of 2, by Grzyb

Posted on 2021-02-07, 06:27

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You mean an 18 kHz HSYNC monochrome monitor, like IBM 5151, right?
There's plenty of options:
- Hercules Graphics Card
- generic EGA, only supports modes 7 and F on such monitors
- some (or all?) of the ATI EGA Wonder series, also support modes other than 7 and F
- some early VGA clones with additional TTL output, eg. ET3000

The cheapest would be probably Hercules clones, eg. those based on Winbond W86855AF.

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Reply 2 of 2, by blanning

Posted on 2021-02-07, 16:15

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Grzyb wrote on 2021-02-07, 06:27:
You mean an 18 kHz HSYNC monochrome monitor, like IBM 5151, right? There's plenty of options: - Hercules Graphics Card - generic […]
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You mean an 18 kHz HSYNC monochrome monitor, like IBM 5151, right?
There's plenty of options:
- Hercules Graphics Card
- generic EGA, only supports modes 7 and F on such monitors
- some (or all?) of the ATI EGA Wonder series, also support modes other than 7 and F
- some early VGA clones with additional TTL output, eg. ET3000

The cheapest would be probably Hercules clones, eg. those based on Winbond W86855AF.

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