CGA competitors of the 1980s
[David Murray], aka The 8-Bit Guy, made an interesting video (embedded under the break) on the timeline of PC graphics cards from CGA to EGA. Not only does he explain the different offers of the day, but he also demonstrates most of them.
It's interesting to know more about some of the video modes that don't have hardly been used on these cards. Even though map designers include higher resolution modes and better color palettes, if software programmers don't use them, they're forgotten.
We were particularly impressed with a few examples he had that were dual-stacked full-size ISA cards - they were beasts. CGA and EGA kind of withered when the 1990s came.
According to research by [David], CGA monitors continued to be used for some time even after the introduction of EGA, mainly due to cost. It may cost you $400 to get an ATI EGA Wonder card, and that or more for an EGA monitor. Many people updated the board first and took advantage of the fact that the EGA Wonder could drive CGA monitors.
If you're interested in the history and technology of these older boards, check out our coverage from 2016 where [David] dives deep into CGA boards and discusses, among other things, the CGA composite video mode.
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[David Murray], aka The 8-Bit Guy, made an interesting video (embedded under the break) on the timeline of PC graphics cards from CGA to EGA. Not only does he explain the different offers of the day, but he also demonstrates most of them.
It's interesting to know more about some of the video modes that don't have hardly been used on these cards. Even though map designers include higher resolution modes and better color palettes, if software programmers don't use them, they're forgotten.
We were particularly impressed with a few examples he had that were dual-stacked full-size ISA cards - they were beasts. CGA and EGA kind of withered when the 1990s came.
According to research by [David], CGA monitors continued to be used for some time even after the introduction of EGA, mainly due to cost. It may cost you $400 to get an ATI EGA Wonder card, and that or more for an EGA monitor. Many people updated the board first and took advantage of the fact that the EGA Wonder could drive CGA monitors.
If you're interested in the history and technology of these older boards, check out our coverage from 2016 where [David] dives deep into CGA boards and discusses, among other things, the CGA composite video mode.
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