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- From: dgs@cnmss.tredydev.unisys.com (Dave G. Sokolowsky)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Does IBM EGA support composite video?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.123052.6611@cnmss.tredydev.unisys.com>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 12:30:52 GMT
- References: <1992Aug17.184020.20907@cnmss.tredydev.unisys.com> <soRPPB1w164w@digsol.jpunix.com>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation, Tredyffrin
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- In article <soRPPB1w164w@digsol.jpunix.com> dsterner@digsol.jpunix.com (Don Sterner) writes:
- >dgs@cnmss.tredydev.unisys.com (Dave G. Sokolowsky) writes:
- >
- >> I was given what I believe to be an IBM EGA card (no doc, of course).
- >> Beside a 9-pin connector, it has 2 RCA jacks. Are these for composite
- >> video? If so, how do I use it? Thanks for any help.
- >>
- >> Dave S.
- >
- >The phono jacks merely provide for external connection to whatever device
- >might be connected internally to the feature connector. No composite video
- >capability exists. The EGA will work with CGA display, a monochrome display
- >and the Enchanced Color display. It will display up to 16 colors from a
- >palette of 64 colors. Max graphics resolution (with the ECD) is 640x350.
- >
- >Horiz. scan rate (hi res) is 21.85khz, vert = 60hz., vid. bandwidth =
- >16.257, char size = 7x9pels, alpha modes = 0,1,2,3, graph mode = 10.
- >
- >More?
-
- Not for me. Thanks for the answer.
-
- Dave S.
-