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Remembering COMPAQ

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Jeff Parsons 2016-02-25 11:05:39 -08:00
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devices/pc/video/README.md
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@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ PCjs supports the following IBM PC video adapters:
More detailed information is available for the following IBM-compatible video adapters:
* [ATI VGA](/devices/pc/video/ati/vga/)
* [Compaq EGA](/devices/pc/video/compaq/ega/)
* [Compaq VGA](/devices/pc/video/compaq/vga/)
* [COMPAQ EGA](/devices/pc/video/compaq/ega/)
* [COMPAQ VGA](/devices/pc/video/compaq/vga/)
* [Paradise VGA](/devices/pc/video/paradise/vga/)

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devices/pc/video/compaq/ega/README.md
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---
layout: page
title: "Compaq Enhanced Color Graphics Board (EGA)"
title: "COMPAQ Enhanced Color Graphics Board (EGA)"
permalink: /devices/pc/video/compaq/ega/
---
Compaq Enhanced Color Graphics Board (EGA)
COMPAQ Enhanced Color Graphics Board (EGA)
---
Our Compaq [EGA ROM BIOS](000412-001B/compaq-ega.json) comes from
Our COMPAQ [EGA ROM BIOS](000412-001B/compaq-ega.json) comes from
[bitsavers](http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/compaq/firmware/000412-001B_EGA/).
cd 000412-001B

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devices/pc/video/compaq/vga/README.md
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---
layout: page
title: "Compaq Video Graphics Controller (VGA)"
title: "COMPAQ Video Graphics Controller (VGA)"
permalink: /devices/pc/video/compaq/vga/
---
Compaq Video Graphics Controller (VGA)
COMPAQ Video Graphics Controller (VGA)
---
This is the Compaq Video Graphics Controller Board, one of the earliest VGA boards Compaq released
This is the COMPAQ Video Graphics Controller Board, one of the earliest VGA boards COMPAQ released
for its DeskPro 386 line.
[<img src="http://archive.pcjs.org/devices/pc/video/compaq/vga/109360-001/Compaq_VGA_109360-001-640.jpg" alt="Compaq VGA Board"/>](http://archive.pcjs.org/devices/pc/video/compaq/vga/109360-001/Compaq_VGA_109360-001.jpg)
[<img src="http://archive.pcjs.org/devices/pc/video/compaq/vga/109360-001/Compaq_VGA_109360-001-640.jpg" alt="COMPAQ VGA Board"/>](http://archive.pcjs.org/devices/pc/video/compaq/vga/109360-001/Compaq_VGA_109360-001.jpg)
It was featured in the February 16, 1988 of PC Magazine (p.188). At that time, it retailed for $599, and it was described
as "the sharpest, fastest IBM-standard video board you can slide into your PC." The article goes on to say:
@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ And for those who want a binary file, the FileDump API can be used to recreate b
> [http://localhost:8088/api/v1/dump?file=/devices/pc/video/compaq/vga/109360-001/1988-05-18.json&format=rom](http://localhost:8088/api/v1/dump?file=/devices/pc/video/compaq/vga/109360-001/1988-05-18.json&format=rom)
The Compaq VGA ROM BIOS concludes with the usual copyright string and author initials:
The COMPAQ VGA ROM BIOS concludes with the usual copyright string and author initials:
Copyright COMPAQ Computer Corporation, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
RWS*PNA*NPB*DJC*CAB*ALL*