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devices/pc/video/compaq/ega/README.md
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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