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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Can I use my XT's CGA card in my 486???
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.175515.2932@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Nov5.020445.22139@williams.edu>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 17:55:15 GMT
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- In <1992Nov5.020445.22139@williams.edu> 93gke@williams.edu (Greg Ennis) writes:
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- >I bought a 486 local bus system and now I can't afford a display card or
- >monitor. Can I use the CGA card straight from my XT ?
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- Sure. Just don't try to plug it into one of the local bus slots. I'm
- curious, though. Why buy local bus if you can't get the video board
- that is the only thing that makes local bus worth doing?
-
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