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Re: Proterm and the //E
- Subject: Re: Proterm and the //E
- From: Erick Wagner <wagnere@netcom.com>
- Date: 1996/07/02
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: PRC
- References: <4qm81i$aq3@nntp.seflin.lib.fl.us> <4qsv8f$a73@nyx10.cs.du.edu> <4qvndj$38f@news.vanderbilt.edu> <4r0vhr$8d5@news.vanderbilt.edu> <4r243j$q7a@nyx10.cs.du.edu>
wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will Baguhn) wrote:
>>Is it possible, FROM SOFTWARE, to tell if the machine is enhanced with,
>>for example, the Video ROMs (Mousetext), and then have the program
>>adjust its output accordingly?
>Well, you could switch into mousetext mode, draw an inverse uppercase
>A on the screen, and ask the user if they see a picture of an apple...
I'd take that one step further and display the F and G characters to
not only see if Mousetext appears but if it is the older "running man"
symbols that were later replaced with other symbols.
Unfortunately, there was more than one version of Mousetext.