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Re: 80col Card
- Subject: Re: 80col Card
- From: Stephen Shaw <stephen@apple2.org.za>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 15:36:36 +0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 08 Jun 2001 11:47:22 +0200, Linards Ticmanis wrote:
> william strutts wrote:
>>
>> Okay, I see that reference now. I was looking in the
>> wrong place for an explaination of what it was. I figured
>> that the symbols probably were reference to the connections
>> on the card edge connector of the card but what they
>> meant was a mystery. The FRCTXT looked like it
>> would mean Force Text but what AN3 was I didn't know.
>
> AN3 means annunciator 3 and refers to a little used output on the game
> port. The AN outputs were originally designed to put flashing LEDs or
> similar things into paddles, however nobody really though that that
> was a great idea. So Apple recycled AN3 to turn on the double hires
> mode instead.
Thanks Linards. Group please ignore my previous post.
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