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8bit ISA ATI video card...

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aaron7

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I've forgotten what card I need, but it is going in my IBM 5155 so it has to have... some connection inside. Possibly someone here knows what I'm talking about?
 
I remember having one waaaaay back when - ATI EGA Wonder 800.
That thing would do EGA on a monochrome monitor, which was good because I couldn't afford a color monitor back then :)

I remember many sessions of Gunship and F19, in greyscales on an amber monochrome monitor :)

T
 
Great, thanks! I just purchased one from the marketplace for $17 shipped. Now I can have awesome graphics on my orange monitor! haha
 
Sharkonwheels said:
I remember having one waaaaay back when - ATI EGA Wonder 800.
That thing would do EGA on a monochrome monitor, which was good because I couldn't afford a color monitor back then :)

I remember many sessions of Gunship and F19, in greyscales on an amber monochrome monitor :)

T
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You actually played gunship in mono? That's impossible, Right? :D
 
Flicker? Is this something I should worry about when I put this in my 5155?

Side note, I haven't posted here in a LONG time... good to see you again Terry. Are many of the other OCH'ers on here?
 
I think that as long as you're running 200 scan lines you're not going to have a problem. The 350 line EGA resolution is the one that will flicker, and that mode is seldom used.
 
It was wierd - wasn't mono, as in 2 shades - it was 16 "levels"

What was strange, was the screen "wrapped around," to where you could actually SEE the wrap. I suppose EGA is wider than an MGA monitor displays.

No matter - shiznit worked, and I did MANY a mission that way :)

The REAL fun started in the mid 90's when I got my Orchid Righteous 3D card (VooDoo1) and discovered MechWarrior 2!


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