Often CGA cards had both the 9-pin CGA connector AND a composite video RCA
jack, which can be directly connected to the composite video in on an NTSC
TV or VCR.

Sean

At 08:48 PM 9/29/98 PDT, you wrote:
>A "cga" video card drives a standard (NTSC-style) color monitor, I believe.
>The "40 column" mode of cga video was designed for using the PC with an
>RF modulator and a standard TV.
>
>I don't recall for sure whether the connector actually had standard video
>signals, or whether it was a combination of RGBI signals and such, but the
>relevant scan rates were "standard video."
>
>BillW, keeper of ancient knowlege.
>
+--------------------------------+
| Sean Breheny                   |
| Amateur Radio Callsign: KA3YXM |
| Electrical Engineering Student |
+--------------------------------+
Save lives, please look at http://www.all.org
Personal page: http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/shb7
mailto:shb7@cornell.edu  Phone(USA): (607) 253-0315 ICQ #: 3329174