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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: Graphics Chips
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References: <1991May2.030706.30302@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <21173@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1087@zds-oem.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 5 May 1991 20:25:35 GMT

In article <1087@zds-oem.UUCP> easton@zds-oem.UUCP (Jeff Easton) writes:
>In article <21173@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
>>
>>VGA chips are very simple chips.  They were originally simple enough for IBM
>>to build as a gate array (VGA == Video Gate Array).  Amiga chips, on the 
>                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>  Er,  I think that stands for video GRAPHICS array.  It has nothing to
>do with the fact that the chip may implemented in a Gate Array or Standard
>Cell, or anything else for that matter.
>
	Originally it did stand for gate array. What people call
it now may be totally different, but IBM dubbed it Video Gate
Array.

	-- Ethan

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