Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com>  wrote:
 > I've been using the above mono graphics card since NetBSD 0.9a. I would
 > hate to think that it has become obsolete after all the good service that
 > it has given me.

I'm using a "mono card" with wscons and it works fine.  It's not a
"true" mono card but it's a card that I built and supports only the
frame buffer and registers of a true IBM MDA card.  a Hercules has
more registers so it could be something specific to that causing the
problem.