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- From: Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: news
- Message-ID: <Jim_Johnson.0awp@abcd.Houghton.MI.US>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 13:30:59 GMT
- Organization: Amiga BitSwap Central Dispatch
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- In a message dated Wed 11 Nov 92 19:00, Lrfrederick@ualr.edu wrote:
-
- L> I recently obtained an old XT compatible. The motherboard is a Golden
- L> Star
- L> Technology Turbo Plus 2. I can't get it to work correctly with a CGA
- L> card
- L> that I picked up cheap.
-
- The motherboard has (or should have) a set of dip switches. # 5 & 6
- control the primary video card type.
-
- For mono, both 5 & 6 should be ON
- For 80 X 25 color, 5 should be OFF & 6 should be ON.
-
- The reason you are having problems is your motherboard is still set to look
- for a mono card at address B000h, and color cards use address B800h.
-
- It is possible to have both a mono and a color card installed at the same
- time; the computer looks at the dip switches to see which card should be
- used at boot time (can't use both monitors simultaneously). To switch
- between the cards under DOS, use the MODE command.
-
- BTW, don't hook a mono monitor to a CGA card unless the manufacturer says
- its OK. Most mono monitors will be fried by a CGA signal.
-
- -- Via DLG Pro v0.995
-
- jim_johnson@abcd.houghton.mi.us
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