April 1987 · Computer or hardware
IBM 8514/A (1987)
IBM's high-resolution display adapter, launched with the PS/2 and often called the first mass-market PC GPU.
It needed a Micro Channel PS/2, and its register interface was cloned by ATI's Mach8 and other early Windows accelerators.
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Facts
- Date
- April 1987
- Kind
- Computer or hardware
- Maker or publisher
- IBM
- Graphics
- Fixed-function 2D accelerator
- Resolution
- 1024x768 interlaced / 640x480, 256 of 262,144 colors
- Bus
- Micro Channel
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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