Running an EGA card in an IBM 5155 Computer.

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Running an EGA card in an IBM 5155 Computer.

Postby Kilobyte on Tue Oct 09, 2018 5:02 pm

Most (but not all) EGA cards that suit the 5155 do not have a composite video output. That is a problem fitting it, because the composite output is needed to drive the internal amber CRT monitor in the 5155. But a "feature adapter" can be made to get around this and also get very clear video graphics on the amber monitor, because the Chroma sub-carrier can be omitted (it causes patterning by beating with the high frequency luminance components of the video).

This article might be of interest to those wanting to fit an EGA card to the 5155:

http://worldphaco.com/uploads/FITTING_A ... M_5155.pdf
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Re: Running an EGA card in an IBM 5155 Computer.

Postby tezza on Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:59 am

Thanks for posting.
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Re: Running an EGA card in an IBM 5155 Computer.

Postby institches on Fri Nov 09, 2018 10:11 am

Thanks for this detailed info. All I need to do now if find an EGA card :)
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