Re: revised Carte Blanche bitstream

["Charlie" <charlieDOTd@verEYEzon.net>]

"Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> wrote in message 
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> "Charlie" <charlieDOTd@verEYEzon.net> wrote:
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>>I have modified the original version of the Carte Blanche 
>>bitstream to
>>include mousetext and to add a new color text mode.

> What was your rationale in augmenting the Apple II with a colour 
> text
> mode... ???

The rationale was that I've been working on a bitstream for the 
Apple IIgs and had already implimented the color text thing so it 
occurred to me that it wouldn't be very difficult to carry it over 
onto a //e version.  And sort of neat to have the ability to choose 
the colors you want instead of just black and white.

> I read what you said on the website but this means that programs
> that run in colour on the CB woulkdn't be backwardly compatable 
> with other
> Apple //e's and would therefore require a config file or something 
> like
> that... not that it really matters I guess... since it is all in 
> fun.

Actually it is backward compatible or more accurately, invisible to 
any program.  Once you set the colors you like they remain until you 
change them or shut down the Apple //e.  Since it is only two POKEs 
to set the colors you can add them to a startup program.
The two POKE locations are the same as those on the GS and although 
I could be wrong I don't think they are used by the //e.  On my //e 
they do nothing to effect the operation if the Carte Blanche isn't 
installed.

Charlie