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Composite CGA was Tandy only. Can confirm stock CGA was 4 color, 4 different palettes which allowed IBM to claim "16 colors*"
by indymike 4y ago
Composite CGA was Tandy only. Can confirm stock CGA was 4 color, 4 different palettes which allowed IBM to claim "16 colors*"
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoNope. All CGA cards supported a composite 16-color mode with reduced horizontal resolution. You're thinking of the PCJr and Tandy specific modes which support higher resolutions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Graphics_Adapter#With_a_composite_color_monitor/television_set https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Graphics_Adapter#With_a_...
- indymike 4y agoThat’s text mode with graphics characters.