Well, I'm starting to think that an EGA card is the way I should go. I am beginning to remember those incompatabilities and wrong color pallettes with VGA. I was trying to avoid having another monitor type (EGA). I'm running out of room as I'm sure many of you can relate to. It's funny to hear my wife's friends and relatives ask her "why does he need so many TV's?" Maybe I'll check out one of those scan converters.
Just curious, is there any way to incorporate an apple II color composite monitor into this mix? I'm probably really crossing lines with this one....
I think you are missunderstanding a little.
EGA has most of the incompabilities with CGA programs that VGA cards has. However, there is almost no compability problems running EGA graphics WITH a VGA card.
Here is a small table I made:
Hardware the software expects > Actual Hardware = Ressult
MDA > MDA = Fine
MDA > HGA = Fine
MDA > CGA = Not possible on most cards, however some can handle it (read: 'ATI GS').
MDA > EGA = Not possible on most cards, however some can handle it (read: 'ATI EGA-Wonder').
MDA > VGA = Not possible on most cards, however some can handle it (read: 'ATI VGA-Wonder').
HGA > MDA = Won't work.
HGA > HGA = Fine
HGA > CGA = Not possible on almost all cards, however some can handle it (read: 'ATI GS').
HGA > EGA = Not possible on almost all cards, however some can handle it (read: 'ATI EGA-Wonder').
HGA > VGA = Not possible on almost all cards, however some can handle it (read: 'ATI VGA-Wonder').
CGA > MDA = Avoid by all means!!!
CGA > HGA = Won't work, avoid this too!
CGA > CGA = Fine
CGA > EGA = Some compability problems (wrong colors, flickering graphics, etc.)
CGA > VGA = Some compability problems (wrong colors, flickering graphics, etc.)
EGA > MDA = Avoid by all means!!!
EGA > HGA = Won't work, avoid this too!
EGA > CGA = Won't work.
EGA > EGA = Fine
EGA > VGA = Fine
VGA > MDA = Avoid by all means!!!
VGA > HGA = Won't work, avoid this too!
VGA > CGA = Won't work.
VGA > EGA = Won't work.
VGA > VGA = Fine