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post78 Location: USA Posts: 2887	Posted - Sat May 17, 2003 9:30 pm  Anyone seen this? Read some of the articles, too. _________________ Answer = 1. Probably.
Havoc Posts: 735	Posted - Sun May 18, 2003 1:30 am  Yep, made me run for a copy (on floppies!) of "The Incredible Machine". Great stuff, even if only in vga.
post78 Location: USA Posts: 2887	Posted - Sun May 18, 2003 2:06 am  Sorry Havoc, but what's "VGA"? _________________ Answer = 1. Probably.
Havoc Posts: 735	Posted - Sun May 18, 2003 12:11 pm  I think it was "video graphics adaptor" but it might have been something else, I'm not that young anymore.
jonrose Location: USA Posts: 2901	Posted - Sun May 18, 2003 4:43 pm  post78 wrote: Sorry Havoc, but what's "VGA"? Seriously? Okay, then, "Video Graphics Array" will work for VGA. Most systems nowadays are sold as SVGA (Super VGA). Note that these systems use a RAMDAC (random access memory digital-to-analog converter) that actually converts digital to analog signals for display. Prior systems were digital. Such as... Well, I don't suppose you remember EGA (Enhanced Graphics Adaptor); Or CGA (Color Graphics Adaptor - awful! - you'd go blind looking at these); Or MDA (Monochrome Display Adaptor - that'd be text only); Or Hercules (also Monochrome, but capable of a 720x384 single color graphics display); Well. Anyway.... _________________
post78 Location: USA Posts: 2887	Posted - Sun May 18, 2003 11:11 pm  Ah, I see. Thanks guys. I've actually heard of them all, but I've never really concerned myself with what they were. _________________ Answer = 1. Probably.
Mark T Location: Norway Posts: 890	Posted - Mon May 19, 2003 1:09 am  jonrose wrote: post78 wrote: Sorry Havoc, but what's "VGA"? Seriously? Okay, then, "Video Graphics Array" will work for VGA. Most systems nowadays are sold as SVGA (Super VGA). Note that these systems use a RAMDAC (random access memory digital-to-analog converter) that actually converts digital to analog signals for display. Prior systems were digital. Such as... Well, I don't suppose you remember EGA (Enhanced Graphics Adaptor); Or CGA (Color Graphics Adaptor - awful! - you'd go blind looking at these); Or MDA (Monochrome Display Adaptor - that'd be text only); Or Hercules (also Monochrome, but capable of a 720x384 single color graphics display); Well. Anyway.... Yawn - I go back to teletype sonny! _________________ Mark nil desperandum - nunc est bibendum
jonrose Location: USA Posts: 2901	Posted - Mon May 19, 2003 11:46 pm  Mark T wrote: Yawn - I go back to teletype sonny! So do I, "dad". :D I used to repair those damned rackety-clack things, too. But yes, you must be older than me - somehow I get this impression that you're holding back important details.... Heh-heh!!! ( just kidding ) Best... -Jon _________________
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