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Re: Does an enhanced //e _ALWAYS_ have 80 col. support?



"Don Bruder" <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in message 
news:D0Lod.7227$_3.88700@typhoon.sonic.net...
> ERROR! ERROR! ERROR! ERROR!!!
>
> When playing with soft-switches, *ALWAYS* *READ* from them, unless
> specifically told that writing to activate them is OK. Some of them
> don't care. Others will toggle twice when written. (A read involves one
> access, a write involves two accesses - one to "locate" the address, the
> second to do the actual write)

Hi Don,

Excellent point!! - I just assumed that since a poke command will have to
"read from" before it "writes to" a location, that a STA would be ok.

The best bet is to try it with a scrap floppy (or scrap emulator image!)
and test what works!

Thanks for the pick-up Don!

Later,
Craig