#Herc Troubles
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A friend of mine just gave me his old AutoCAD, version 2.62 (5/12/87). I
tried configuring it for my PC Ltd AT clone, using the Hercules compatible
mono card that came with the system. However, when I enter the drawing
editor, the screen is only semi-coherent, it is full of snow and garbled
data. I can tell something is there – the program isn't locked up, the video
is just wrong. 'end' brings back the main menu. I tried getting it to
configure as CGA mono, EGA mono, but no go. Now, I know this is an old
version, but would there be a special video driver for this card? I'm
guessing that the card isn't 100 percent Hercules-compatible, so that's why
it's not working. I've successfully run other Hercules-compatible software
on it before. Has anyone heard of this PC Ltd incompatibility before?