What monitors will work with my MDA/Hercules/CGA/EGA card?
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The wide variety of displays available makes a comprehensive list
unmanageable. However, a list of display types for PC compatible video
adapters is included below. Your best bet to determine compatibility
between your video card and a given display is to find out what the
equivalent IBM display is and refer to the chart below.
Display Compatible Colours Text Graphics Scan
Adapters Res. Resolution Rates
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Monochrome MDA 640x350 Vert-50 Hz
Hercules 2 80x25 720x350 Hor-18.43 kHz
EGA 720x348
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Color CGA 16 40x25 320x200 V-60 Hz
EGA 80x25 640x200 H-18.43 kHz
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Enhanced CGA 16 of 40x25 320x200 V-60 Hz
Color EGA 64 80x25 640x200 H-18.43 kHz
640x350 or 21.8 kHz
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Multisync CGA 16 of 40x25 320x200 Variable
digital EGA 64 80x25 640x200
640x350
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Multisync VGA 256 of 80x25 640x480 Variable
analog 256k 800x600
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VGA Color VGA 256 of 40x25 320x400 V-70 Hz
display 256k 80x25 640x400 H-31.5 kHz
VGA Mono 320x350
display 640x350
720x350
720x400
640x480
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