Re: broken double hires

[louiss@gate.net (Louis Schulman)]

In <52kksj$5kb@opal.southwind.net>, shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford) writes:
>Louis Schulman (louiss@gate.net) wrote:
>: There seems to be something missing from your question.  I assume you are
>: using some video card?  At least on my //e, the standard 80 col card and video
>: port don't give you double hi-res, you need a video card.
>
>You only need 128K, a rev B or later logic board, and the jumper installed or
>the little bowtie connected, depending on how old your extended 80 column 
>card is, to get DHR. No "video card" needed.

You are right.  I went back and read the "Extended 80-column Text Card
Supplement."  I never knew about this jumper.  But having double hi-res with a
video card doesn't ruin programs with standard graphics.  The manual implies
that using the jumper will render regular graphics incorrectly.  Is this the case?


>Randy Shackelford
>shack@southwind.net

Louis