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title: "Compaq Enhanced Color Graphics Board (EGA)"
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Compaq Enhanced Color Graphics Board (EGA)
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Compaq Video Graphics Controller (VGA)
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This is the Compaq Video Graphics Controller Board, one of the earliest VGA boards Compaq released
for its DeskPro 386 line.
![Compaq VGA Board](/devices/pc/video/compaq/vga/109360-001/static/Compaq_VGA_109360-001-640.jpg "link:/devices/pc/video/compaq/vga/109360-001/static/Compaq_VGA_109360-001.jpg")
[<img src="http://static.pcjs.org/devices/pc/video/compaq/vga/109360-001/Compaq_VGA_109360-001-640.jpg" alt="Compaq VGA Board"/>](http://static.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:

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This Paradise VGA board was manufactured in 1988 and sold by Western Digital Corporation as a **WDVGA PLUS 16**, Model No. 61-603023-02.
![Paradise VGA Board](/devices/pc/video/paradise/vga/static/Paradise_VGA_1988-640.jpg "link:/devices/pc/video/paradise/vga/static/Paradise_VGA_1988.jpg")
[<img src="http://static.pcjs.org/devices/pc/video/paradise/vga/Paradise_VGA_1988-640.jpg" alt="Paradise VGA Board"/>](http://static.pcjs.org/devices/pc/video/paradise/vga/Paradise_VGA_1988.jpg)
A copy of the board's [ROM BIOS](1988-05-23.json) was created by [dumping](/devices/pc/bios/compaq/deskpro386/#dumping-the-roms)
the contents of each of the board's two M27128AZB PROMs to a *.hex* file, and then merging the *.hex* files with the following

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* [Reference Manuals](pc/reference/)
* [Software User Guides](pc/software/)
Publications related to the Challenger 1P are also available:
* [Datasheets](c1p/datasheets/)
* [Programming Guides/Samples](c1p/programming/)
* [Reference Manuals](c1p/techref/)
[<img src="http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/pc/datasheets/thumbs/8088-CPU.jpg" width="200" height="260" alt= "8088 CPU"/>](pc/datasheets/)
[<img src="http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/pc/magazines/byte/BYTE-1975-11/thumbs/BYTE-1975-11 1.jpeg" width="200" height="260" alt= "Byte Magazine"/>](pc/magazines/byte/)
[<img src="http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/pc/magazines/msj/MSJ-1986-10/thumbs/MSJ-1986-10 1.jpeg" width="200" height="260" alt= "Microsoft Systems Journal"/>](pc/magazines/msj/)

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Challenger 1P Datasheets
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![MC6820](static/thumbs/MC6820-thumb.jpg "link:static/pdfs/MC6820.pdf:200:260")
![MC6821](static/thumbs/MC6821-thumb.jpg "link:static/pdfs/MC6821.pdf:200:260")
![MC6850](static/thumbs/MC6850-thumb.jpg "link:static/pdfs/MC6850.pdf:200:260")
[<img src="http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/datasheets/thumbs/MC6820-thumb.jpg" width="200" height="260" alt="MC6820"/>](http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/datasheets/pdfs/MC6820.pdf)
[<img src="http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/datasheets/thumbs/MC6821-thumb.jpg" width="200" height="260" alt="MC6821"/>](http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/datasheets/pdfs/MC6821.pdf)
[<img src="http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/datasheets/thumbs/MC6850-thumb.jpg" width="200" height="260" alt="MC6850"/>](http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/datasheets/pdfs/MC6850.pdf)

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Challenger 1P Programming Guides/Samples
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![6502 Disassembler Listing (by Jeff Parsons, June 1980)](static/thumbs/OSI_Assembler-Disassembler_Listing-thumb.jpg "link:static/pdfs/OSI_Assembler-Disassembler_Listing.pdf:200:260")
[<img src="http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/programming/thumbs/OSI_Assembler-Disassembler_Listing-thumb.jpg" width="200" height="260" alt="6502 Disassembler Listing (by Jeff Parsons, June 1980)"/>](http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/programming/pdfs/OSI_Assembler-Disassembler_Listing.pdf)

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title: Challenger 1P Technical Reference Manuals
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Challenger 1P Technical Reference Manuals
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![OSI BASIC-IN-ROM Manual](static/thumbs/OSI_BASIC-IN-ROM_Reference_Manual-thumb.jpg "link:static/pdfs/OSI_BASIC-IN-ROM_Reference_Manual.pdf:200:260")
![OSI C1P Graphics Manual](static/thumbs/OSI_C1P_Character_Graphics_Reference_Manual-thumb.jpg "link:static/pdfs/OSI_C1P_Character_Graphics_Reference_Manual.pdf:200:260")
![OSI C1P Users Manual](static/thumbs/OSI_C1P_Users_Manual-thumb.jpg "link:static/pdfs/OSI_C1P_Users_Manual.pdf:200:260")
[<img src="http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/techref/thumbs/OSI_BASIC-IN-ROM_Reference_Manual-thumb.jpg" width="200" height="260" alt="OSI BASIC-IN-ROM Manual"/>](http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/techref/pdfs/OSI_BASIC-IN-ROM_Reference_Manual.pdf)
[<img src="http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/techref/thumbs/OSI_C1P_Character_Graphics_Reference_Manual-thumb.jpg" width="200" height="260" alt="OSI C1P Graphics Manual"/>](http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/techref/pdfs/OSI_C1P_Character_Graphics_Reference_Manual.pdf)
[<img src="http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/techref/thumbs/OSI_C1P_Users_Manual-thumb.jpg" width="200" height="260" alt="OSI C1P Users Manual"/>](http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/c1p/techref/pdfs/OSI_C1P_Users_Manual.pdf)

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title: PC Component Datasheets
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