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- From: shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr)
- Subject: Re: Is 2.0 even worth installing?
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 03:55:38 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.035538.23277@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec26.073613.1726@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Dec28.145305.14940@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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- In article <1992Dec28.145305.14940@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> cambria@smaug.enet.dec.com (Michael C. Cambria) writes:
- }In article <1992Dec26.073613.1726@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, mjharris@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Harris) writes...
- }>I have had OS/2 2.0 since the big sale when they were giving it away but
- }>could never use it because I only had a monochrome monitor. [etc...]
-
- }FYI, someone here has been running GA on a 386/33 from "day one"
- }with a monochrome monitor. They have 12MB. The PC is a DEC 333C.
- }So, at least in some situations, GA with a monochrome monitor is
- }possible.
-
- Hi Mike,
-
- That's probably a monochrome VGA system, right? Monochrome VGA is
- still VGA and so is accepted as such by OS/2. The term "monochrome"
- is tricky. In my experience, folks usually mean Hercules monochrome
- graphics adapter or compatible. Pathetically, this is not supported
- is OS/2. Arguably, that hardware is passe', but even if true, that's
- no help to people who have that configuration. Sometimes people mean
- MDA (Monochrome Display Adapter) when they say "monochrome," but that's
- text only and obviously can't support PM & WPS.
-
- Apologies if you already know this, but this info may be helpful to
- others.
-
- Larry
- --
- Larry A. Shurr (las@cbnmva.att.com) speaking only for myself.
- Norman, listen carefully. I am lying. Are you sure your circuits are
- registering? Your ears are green. Logic is a little bird singing in a
- meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell bad! - Mr. Spock
-