CGA in 1024 colors – a new mode (2015)

This is about the &quot;8088 MPH&quot; demo for an original IBM PC ( previously in 2015: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9338944">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9338944</a> )<p>Then &quot;succeeded&quot; by &quot;Area 5150&quot; past year: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=32394195">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=32394195</a>

Related:<p><i>CGA in 1024 Colors – A New Mode: The Illustrated Guide (2015)</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21992870">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21992870</a> - Jan 2020 (69 comments)<p><i>CGA in 1024 Colors – A New Mode: The Illustrated Guide</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9386505">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9386505</a> - April 2015 (11 comments)

Look at the referenced IBM docs: They included the actual schematics of the adapters. I don&#x27;t know if they are 100% complete, but even so, that level of technical detail is almost unimaginable now.<p>(I hope the link works, otherwise, see e.g. page 19=28).<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;bitsavers_ibmpccardsptionsandAdaptersVolume2Apr84_25079400&#x2F;page&#x2F;n27&#x2F;mode&#x2F;2up?view=theater" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;bitsavers_ibmpccardsptionsandAda...</a>

and I felt like a rebel just using vga x mode.

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_16-bit_computer_color_palettes" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_16-bit_computer_color_...</a>

I made a Mandelbrot renderer for something like this 30 years ago. Never realized it would look so good if I plugged it in my TV.

(2015)