Re: VGA for Carte Blanche operational

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

alex.freed.007@gmail.com wrote:
> On Apr 20, 5:24 pm, Nama <forums6...@mac.com> wrote:
>
>
> > I'm optimistic that many of your/the CB implementations will also work
> > on the II+, especially the VGA implementation. What do you think?
>
>
> Timing won't be an issue. We are working with huge margins so a ][+
> is OK. The problem is that it doesn't have a built-in 80 column mode.
> So while the 80 col mode will still be available on  the CB, you need
> some sort of a driver. For example you can put CB into slot 3 and
> make a block of ram look like a ROM in $c3xx.
>
> Who will write a driver? Not me.

For a II+, using a popular 80-column card, like the Videx, seems
the most appropriate solution, since II+ software generally
supports it if it supports 80-columns at all.

-michael

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