Color Graphics Adapter

Color Graphics Adapter
IBM CGA graphics card
Release date1981; 43 years ago (1981)
ArchitectureMotorola 6845, ATI CW16800
Cards
Entry-levelIBM Color Graphics Adapter, ATi Graphics Solution Rev 3, ATi Color Emulation Card, Tseng Labs ColorPAK,
Mid-rangeATi Graphics Solution plus, ATi Graphics Solution Plus SP, ATi Graphics Solution SR, Number Nine Graphics System
High-endATi Small Wonder Graphics Solution, Tseng Labs EVA/480
EnthusiastATi Small Wonder Graphics Solution with game port
History
Successor

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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