IBM PC/XT and Compatible Systems
- For the palettes of more advanced original IBM AT, IBM PS/2 and better PC compatibles hardware displays, please visit IBM PC-AT and compatible systems in the List of 16-bit computer hardware palettes article.
The original IBM PC launched in 1981 features an Intel 8088 CPU which was 8-bit data bus technology. It was offered with a Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA) or a Color Graphics Adapter (CGA). The MDA was a text mode-only display adapter, without any graphic ability beyond using the built-in code page 437 character set, and employed an original IBM green monochrome monitor; only black, green and highlighted green could be seen on its screen. Then, only the CGA had true graphic modes.
Despite the fact that the original IBM XT had a true 16-bit architecture, it already shipped both the original MDA or CGA display adapters, so this model is enumerated here too.
Read more about this topic: List Of 8-bit Computer Hardware Palettes
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