[Coco] Poor mans 80 column in OS-9

David Ladd davidwladd at gmail.com
Mon Oct 9 00:38:21 EDT 2017


Barry,

Thank you for the tip.  You know all this time I never knew there was a
montype m option. :O

See old dogs can learn new tricks :D

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On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 11:34 PM, Barry Nelson <
barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com> wrote:

> Just a tip, if you are using a composite video output on a CoCo 3, if you
> type:
> montype m
> at the OS-9/NitrOS9 prompt, you MIGHT (depending on your particular
> TV/monitor) get a purely black and white/gray display with no color (if
> your lucky) and (again depending on your monitor) it MIGHT be able to
> render readable 80 column text.
>
> PS: This works fine for playing rogue in hires graphics mode, which is
> black and white anyway. :)
>
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