Re: A plug for Second Sight card

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <5k96go$n2s@clarknet.clark.net>,
Joseph Klein Annapolis <jjklein@clark.net> wrote:
>In article <5k63o3$hvp$1@darla.visi.com>, Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:
>>colors for about the first time since the Apple III. [Yet another good
>>thing that Apple decided shouldn't go to any Apple II model, even the
>>GS.]
>
>I recall there was an RGB card for the //e that the ability to control
>the foreground and background color of each text character in 40
>column and 80 column mode.  I don't know which card it was, but I'm sure
>Apple had made one.

Nope. Both the Apple extended 80 col/RGB interface and the RAMworks RGB 
expansion card have switches to set the text to your choice of four colors:
blue, amber, green, or white. But all normal text is the selected color and
all mousetext, inverse, and flashing text is white regardless of the setting.
That looks dumb so I keep mine set to white text so it all looks the same.
I thought colored text on the early IBMs looked hokey anyway myself.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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