IBM's PGA Adapter

From: Jim Battle <frustum_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Mon Apr 23 00:15:42 2001

At 09:58 PM 4/22/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi. Can anybody provide me with some info on the IBM PGA/PGC adapters for
>the IBM PC/XT systems?
>
>I heard that it is one of the first video adapters with on-board transform
>capabilities, and that it is very ahead of its time. Can anyone please
>elaborate?

BTW, the architect for PGA is named Curtis Priem; he later went on to do
some 2D and 3D chip architecture for Sun, then went on to co-found (not
confound) NVidia, and is CTO there.

I guess the third time's the charm.

BTW, the PGA was designed while he was at Vermont Microsystems, Inc.

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