[sdiy] VGA driver info

[Craig Critchley]

Do you have any recycled computer places around? You might be able to find
an ISA bus EGA or VGA clone if you dig through enough old crap... ISA is a
pretty simple bus, especially for a display, and the wonkiness of the EGA
architecture isn't too much of an issue if you're doing monochrome.

You might also be able to find a modern display card for PC/104, which is
basically an embedded ISA bus. It'll be more expensive than an old clone
card, but probably a lot smaller and less power-hungry.

You should be able to drive an EGA or VGA clone with just 8-bit bus accesses
even though most of these cards will support 16-bit, if you stay away from
lotsa-colors modes.

                ...Craig

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Maddox" <P.Maddox at signal.qinetiq.com>
To: "Synth DIY" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:35 AM
Subject: [sdiy] VGA driver info


> Dear all,
>
>  Its not entirly off topic..
> I want to use a 640 by 400 display that I have for a project (synth based)
> does anyone know of a simple monochrome Driver/PCB that will work at 640
by
> 400 monochrome?
> ideally something with an 8bit interface..
>
> Paul
>