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Color Graphics Adapter
IBM PC graphic adapter and display standard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about computer architecture. For other uses, see CGA.
The Color Graphics Adapter (CGA), originally also called the Color/Graphics Adapter or IBM Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter,[1] introduced in 1981, was IBM's first color graphics card for the IBM PC and established a de facto computer display standard.
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![]() IBM CGA graphics card | |
Release date | 1981; 43 years ago (1981) |
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Architecture | Motorola 6845, ATI CW16800 |
Cards | |
Entry-level | IBM Color Graphics Adapter, ATi Graphics Solution Rev 3, ATi Color Emulation Card, Tseng Labs ColorPAK, |
Mid-range | ATi Graphics Solution plus, ATi Graphics Solution Plus SP, ATi Graphics Solution SR, Number Nine Graphics System |
High-end | ATi Small Wonder Graphics Solution, Tseng Labs EVA/480 |
Enthusiast | ATi Small Wonder Graphics Solution with game port |
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