Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhb!hpindda!mintz From: mintz@hpindda.HP.COM (Ken Mintz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: RE: MicroSoft Flight Simulator 3.0 Message-ID: <4330097@hpindda.HP.COM> Date: 14 Jul 88 14:35:51 GMT References: <2546@mipos3.intel.com> Organization: HP Technical Networks, Cupertino, Calif. Lines: 10 > In defense of the developer, your video board should have been tested > for IBM compatibility! You can't expect program developers to have > one of every so-called "compatible" on the market. Good point. In fact, not even all IBM VGAs are 100% compatible with IBM VGA! For an explanation and a compatibility comparison of several VGA boards, see this week's (?) PC Magazine ... I think it has a VGA board on the cover. (Thumbnail explanation: IBM makes 2 VGA boards for PS/2 systems, and they're not 100% compatible!) Ken Mintz