Re: Crosspost: Did the cpu influence the display?

[spike1@freenet.co.uk]

Bill H <bill@ts1000.us> did eloquently scribble:
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> Relying on my memory and a cursory check on a number of websites it
> appears that the majority of Z80 cpu based computers had black and
> white displays, where as the majority of 65xx computers had a color
> display.
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> Now there are exceptions to this, but it makes me wonder, did the CPU
> influence the display?
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> Is there an inherent reason why most Z80 computers had b/w displays and
> 65xx computers had color?

Most?
can you list them?
ZX80/ZX81 - B&W
spectrum, amstrad cpc, memotech, enterprise (to name but a few) - colour
(Can't remember what the tandy machines used, if it was z80 the only reason
they were monochrome was because it was the (mainly) pre-colour computer
era)
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