Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We take a look at the IBM XGA standard and try to program an IIT chip that is almost 100% XGA compatible.
INMOS XGA Guide:
ardent-tool.com/video/72-OEK-258-00_XGA_Software_Programmers_Guide_Sep91.pdf
IIT AGX Datasheet:
pdf-html.ic37.com/pdf_file_B/20200531/pdf_pdf/PdfOld/icpdf_datasheet_1/IIT-A_datasheet_19743/324506/IIT-A_datasheet.pdf
IIT Text file (provenance unknown):
https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2008/readings/hardware/vgadoc/IIT.TXT
I also used:
* The PC Graphics Handbook, by Julio Sanchez & Maria P. Canton
* Programmer's Guide to the EGA, VGA and Super VGA Cards, by Richard F. Ferrero
We take a look at the IBM XGA standard and try to program an IIT chip that is almost 100% XGA compatible.
INMOS XGA Guide:
ardent-tool.com/video/72-OEK-258-00_XGA_Software_Programmers_Guide_Sep91.pdf
IIT AGX Datasheet:
pdf-html.ic37.com/pdf_file_B/20200531/pdf_pdf/PdfOld/icpdf_datasheet_1/IIT-A_datasheet_19743/324506/IIT-A_datasheet.pdf
IIT Text file (provenance unknown):
https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2008/readings/hardware/vgadoc/IIT.TXT
I also used:
* The PC Graphics Handbook, by Julio Sanchez & Maria P. Canton
* Programmer's Guide to the EGA, VGA and Super VGA Cards, by Richard F. Ferrero










