Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcc13.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc13!ee161abt From: ee161abt@sdcc13.UUCP ({|stu}) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: MonoGraphicsVideoAdapters Message-ID: <102@sdcc13.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 00:54:40 EST Article-I.D.: sdcc13.102 Posted: Thu Nov 8 00:54:40 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Nov-84 03:02:20 EST Distribution: net Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center Lines: 18 OK, I don't know; you tell me. What's the best monochrome graphics adapter card out there? I've used the Hercules and the Paradise cards. Herc's a tried and true board that you have to write your own software for. The Paradise card supports composite, RGB and monochrome text and graphics. With a monochrome monitor (I use an Amdek 310-A) you get a nice character set (not quite as nice as standard: you get 7X9 in an 8X16 matrix), 16 shades of gray for surrogate color, and everything just works peachy keen except: To use the paradise board with a mono monitor the warm boot (CTRL-ALT-DEL) vector is re-vectored to prevent the BIOS from finding that there's really not a monochrome board (the Paradise is "first, last and always" graphics board). Well, this revectoring scheme just doesn't work so hot with software that does its own keyboard handling (games, non-PCDOS operating systems, etc), soooo, what I'd like to know is what, if anything, works and works REALLY WELL as a monographics card. BTW, Paradise lists for $499 and sells for under $300.