XPost: comp.sys.ibm.pc.classic   
   From: nospam@invalid   
      
   In news:hd54k1$tem$1@news.eternal-september.org Wesley wrote:   
      
   > Anybody out there know of an adapter that will work to convert CGA   
   > (or EGA or mono even) to VGA so that a modern monitor can be used   
   > with a vintage PC?   
      
   Sorry Wesley, but there is no adapter to do that.   
   You will need a new graphics card that supports VGA!   
      
   > Obviously the obvious route would be to put a VGA card in the old PC   
   > in question, but I just think it would be nice to be able to use old   
   > PC's without having to swap around a video card.   
      
   NO, by _technical_ reasons there's no way to perform this!   
   You need a *new VGA graphics card* to perform this conversion.   
   Horst   
      
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