IBM AT Drive Types

[Scott Stevens]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:33:21 -0500
Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> wrote:

> Scott Stevens wrote:
> > EGA-Monochrome was very well
> > supported in a few essential apps like Microsoft Word for DOS, and
> > it also gave a MUCH better video resolution for Windows 3.0 on a
> > 9-pin mono monitor than a Hercules card.  
> 
> Huh?  EGA mono is 640x350; Hercules is 720x348.  You get more pixels
> with Hercules.
> 

For whatever reason, the drivers for Windows 3.0 make for a MUCH nicer
looking display with EGA monochrome than for a Hercules card.  I can't
say why, but I distinctly remember this as being the case.  It might
have more to do with the aspect ratio than the pixel count.