Re: Proterm and the //E

[wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will Baguhn)]

In article <4r0vhr$8d5@news.vanderbilt.edu>,
John Lesher <lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
>John Lesher (lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu) wrote:
>: Will Baguhn (wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu) wrote:
>: : In article <swjackso-2606962103050001@ad11-115.compuserve.com>,
>: : Steve W. Jackson <swjackso@sprynet.com> wrote:
>: : >In article <4qmf3g$ma7@blackice.winternet.com>, nathan@winternet.com
>: : >(Nathan Mates) wrote:
>: : >
>: : >> In article <4qm81i$aq3@nntp.seflin.lib.fl.us>,
>: : >> Robert Rait <cybdiver@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us> wrote:
>: : >> >I have a //E with an 80 column card,  I just tried running a copy of
>: : >> >ProTerm on it and it says I need a 65C02 Processor?
>: : >> >Anyone know anything about  that?
>: : >> 
>: : >>     It is saying that it wants an upgraded //e, or at least the upgraded
>: : >> processor from a //e. You might be able to find an upgrade kit from
>: : >> Alltech Electronics at (619) 721-7733.
>: : >> 
>: : >> Nathan Mates
>: : >
>: : >
>: : >Nathan should know, being an Apple II demigod and all that, but isn't the
>: : >correct term for a //e with a 65C02 an enhanced //e?  Just a thought.
>: : >
>: : >= Steve =
>
>: : No.  a //e with a 'C02 is not necessarily "enhanced".  the enhancement
>: : kit also includes a new Monitor ROM and a new Character Generator ROM,
>: : in addition to a 65C02.
>
>: : the simple addition of the 65C02 should make all the software run, however.
>: : It just won't necessarily look right... lots of inverse uppercase letters.
>
>: Would anyone happen to know, then, how to tell an enhanced //e from
>: a mere //e with a 65c02, from software?
>
>Let me make my request clearer, since I got emails telling me to watch
>the startup screen.
>
>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?
>
>Tilghman
>

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...

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