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This article is from the comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video Frequently Asked Questions, by Michael Scott with numerous contributions by others. (v1.0).

45 What monitors will work with my MDA/Hercules/CGA/EGA card?

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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