Hercules InColor Card
Hercules' firest EGA graphics card arrived in 1987 - the InColor Card supported a maximum resolution of 720 x 348.
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Released | 1987 |
| Bus | ISA 8-bit | |
| Chipset | (Proprietary) | |
| Standards | MDA, Hercules, CGA | |
| Memory | 256 KB DRAM | |
| RAMDAC | N/A | |
| Ports | 9-pin DSUB (digital video out), 25-pin DSUB (Centronics parallel port) | |
| Part # | - | |
| FCC IDs | EW65T8HERCULESKSJ | |
| Price | At launch: $299 | |
| See Also | Graphics Card Plus |
Aimed directly to compete with IBM's EGA and VGA cards, Hercules' InColor Card bettered the competition with its higher resolution (720 x 348 compared to 640 x 480). This higher resolution can be output to a standard EGA display. Interestingly, unlike IBM's CGA and EGA cards, the InColor Card was also backward-compatible with the HGC and HGC+, so it supported all those monochrome graphics modes.
It uses the same font ROM chip as the HGC+.
This card featured a resolution of 720 x 348 in 16 colours (when connected to an EGA monitor). The following games titles directly supported this:
- Microsoft Flight Simulator (v3.0)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator (v4.0)
- Sierra's 3-D Helicopter Simulator
Board Revisions
Competition
In the Media
Setting it Up
Downloads
Operation Manual Get in touch if you can provide this missing item! |
Original Utility Disk Hercules InColor floppy disks. |
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