I also have another report for another class. I need all the info I can get.?

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I need to know all the information that I can get from people on the whole history of color monitors. My teacher is kind of a jerk, and he is preassuring me to get this report done. and I can't seem to find the info I need online. I probly am just not lookin in the right place, but if you could also give me some site references, that would be great! thanks!

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Display History 101
Displays have come a long way since the blinking green monitors in text-based computer systems of the 1970s. Just look at the advances made by IBM over the course of a decade:
In 1981, IBM introduced the Color Graphics Adapter (CGA), which was capable of rendering four colors, and had a maximum resolution of 320 pixels horizontally by 200 pixels vertically.
IBM introduced the Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) display in 1984. EGA allowed up to 16 different colors and increased the resolution to 640x350 pixels, improving the appearance of the display and making it easier to read text.
In 1987, IBM introduced the Video Graphics Array (VGA) display system. The VGA standard has a resolution of 640x480 pixels and some VGA monitors are still in use.
IBM introduced the Extended Graphics Array (XGA) display in 1990, offering 800x600 pixel resolution in true color (16.8 million colors) and 1,024x768 resolution in 65,536 colors.