Re: IIe reverse character display problems

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Jon O'Brien (jobrien@ais.net) wrote:
: I recently got a IIe from my employer.  It's got 128k RAM, an 80 column 
: card, a parallel printer card, and a DuoDrive hooked into slot 6.  I 
: believe the system is "enhanced" but the processor chip says "6503" on 
: it, not 6502 or 65c02.  Anyway, my problem is that text that should be 
: in reverse characters is coming up as garbage.  This happens in both 40 
: and 80 column modes.  Any ideas on why this is happening?

What program are you using?

I'll bet you've got an Enhanced machine, and what you're seeing is
Mousetext, which happens to be the development that made me NOT want to
enhance my unenhanced ][e.  Many old programs...Apple Writer ][e (DOS 3.3
version) and the Pascal versions of the PFS: programs come to mind...use a
technique for displaying uppercase inverse text that causes Mousetext to
appear instead.

If anyone knows a *working* fix for the enhanced //e or the IIgs, PLEASE
speak up!  I've got some databases that I cannot use on my current computers!

(note:  the MTREMOVER CDA on the IIgs doesn't work.  Well, it works, but
my machine hangs during boot of the offending program 8-( )

--Dave Althoff, Jr. 
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