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VGA - 30th Anniversary

thinkpadmanthinkpadman
edited March 2017 in Hardware
I was writing up a post on my blog with an overview of earlier graphic standards. It's not completed yet.

Anyway, it just occurred to me that VGA is having its 30th birthday this year. I remember thinking how good Windows 3.1 looked in VGA after using CGA.

A guy wrote about this just a couple of months ago and talks about the end of VGA.
http://hackaday.com/2016/01/29/vga-in-memoriam/

I'm sure for many of us, we will be using DE-15 ports for a while yet.

Comments

  • ibmpc5150ibmpc5150
    Wow, nearly 30 years have passed when the VGA was introduced with IBM PS/2.
  • SomeGuySomeGuy
    Keep in mind there were various earlier video cards with VGA-ish or even higher resolutions. But since they did not have the letters "IBM" on them, they were never considered "standard". Ironically, it was the PS/2s that got the industry moving away from IBM as a standard.
  • ibmpc5150ibmpc5150
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/262490960691

    IBM PS/2 Model 30 (Rev.1 BIOS) included original release of MCGA TEXT font.
    It is different from IBM Standard VGA.
    After Rev.2 BIOS, MCGA text font is match to IBM Standard VGA.

    *IBM Original MCGA Text Font (8x16) <-- From IBM PS2 Model 30 BIOS Original Rev.1 : 09-02-86
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    *IBM Original MCGA Text Font (9x16) <-- From IBM PS2 Model 30 BIOS Original Rev.1 : 09-02-86
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    *IBM Standard VGA or MCGA Text Font (8x16)
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    *IBM Standard VGA or MCGA Text Font (9x16)
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  • jamie1130jamie1130
    Wow. I never knew the actual age of the VGA standard. My IBM PS/1 supports VGA.
  • MEpcMEpc
    My spare graphics card has 1 VGA Port, 1 DVI Port, and One HDMI Port.
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