Crosspost: Did the cpu influence the display?

["Bill H" <bill@ts1000.us>]

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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.

Now there are exceptions to this, but it makes me wonder, did the CPU
influence the display?

Is there an inherent reason why most Z80 computers had b/w displays and
65xx computers had color?

You may think it would have been cost, b&w would be cheaper than color,
but in the majority Z80 computers where more expensive than 65xx
computers.

Now it could have been display size, many Z80 computers used 80 columns
which is hard to achieve when using a TV as a monitor. But on the other
hand, with color you need more memory to achieve a good working
resolution.

So the question is, did the cpu influence the display?

Bill H www.ts1000.us

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