This project aims to recreate the original design for the IBM MDA and CGA video cards with modern output methods of TFT LCD, VGA and DVI. The inspiration for the project came from the The Cheap Video Cookbook from Dan Lancaster ( a free pdf of the book is available HERE ). There are a few additional accessory projects that assist in development of this project. They include:
Additional I've created a Hackaday.io list with various projects and info:
Doing a video card repair I found myself with an extra 6850 which I also saw mentioned in Bil Herd's book as being the "standard" for CRT control of the time. This caught my attention and after some searching I found your project AND the reference to the awesome book. THANK YOU this is going to be a fun project.