[Coco] GIME

[Deny Wilson]

According to Wikipedia, it stands for: Graphics Interrupt Memory Enhancement

On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 6:05 AM Rick Ulland <rickulland1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> That is the acronym I remember as well. Anyone know who coined the term
> GIME? Everything Tandy I have calls it the ACVC (Advanced Color Video
> Chip)... though I prefer 'Gimme' (verb) as a more descriptive name:-)
>
> -rick
>
>
>
> On 9/20/20 9:54 PM, L. Curtis Boyle wrote:
> > GIME stands for Graphics Interrupt Memory Enhancement, I think. Or
> something like that. I always pronounced it “Gimme!”, which is how Rainbow
> pronounced.
> >
> > L. Curtis Boyle
> > curtisboyle at sasktel.net
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Sep 20, 2020, at 8:51 PM, Andrew <keeper63 at cox.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> I've always personally pronounced both with a hard "G". I can't recall
> what the letters for GIME stand for, but I'm pretty sure, like GIF, the "G"
> is for "Graphics" (and I am pretty certain the "M" is for "Memory").
> >>
> >> I think maybe the whole thing may be (without looking it up - I'm sure
> it's defined somewhere) something like "Graphics Interface and Memory
> Expander" - or something similar.
> >>
> >> Anyhow - back to the hard "G" thing: I've always said it that way for
> both, because that's the way the letter is sounded for the word it stands
> for. You don't say "jrafics" with a "J" sound - you say "graphics" with a
> hard "G" sound.
> >>
> >> But I suppose it is all arbitrary - and I still don't understand the
> reasoning behind the creator of the GIF format; part of me thinks it's all
> an early trolling attempt to get people riled up. I guess he was successful
> at that!
> >>
> >> On 9/19/20 4:08 PM, coco-request at maltedmedia.com wrote:
> >>> Message: 5
> >>> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 13:50:06 -0400
> >>> From: Mike Delyea<mdelyea at gmail.com>
> >>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts<coco at maltedmedia.com>
> >>> Subject: [Coco] GIME
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> >>> I've been watching the many YouTubers doing the #septandy videos this
> month
> >>> and came across one that startled me.  In the video the person
> mentions the
> >>> GIME chip but pronounced it "jime", like dime with a j instead of a d.
> >>> I've always pronounced it like "gimmee".  Have I been wrong all these
> years?
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