Errata: VGA was actually introduced in 1987, not in 1989!
German version of this video here (including a small scene featuring my Amstrad PC1640 showing Ultima V EGA on a CGA monitor):
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We compare capabilities of EGA graphics cards with the VDC-Chip.
Not surprisingly, the VDC-Chip holds up pretty well.
Programming is done in Commodore Basic 7, introducing a 30-year old Basic extension called VDC-Basic.
A german version of this video is in the works.
Sources shown in the video:
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VDC-Basic documentation, sources and binaries:
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CGA-Low Resolution Video:
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The video about RLE Encoding in Commodore Basic:
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8-Bit Show and Tell YouTube Channel: @8_Bit
The EGA Palette is taken from [ Ссылка ]
The Commodore 128 image has been created by Evan Amos and has been taken from [ Ссылка ]
