[Coco] Remembering the Deluxe Color Computer....

[Tom Seagrove]

I have a coco2 with an addin board that gives is some additional video options.  Not sure what else it does.  Will have to look at the docs I was given.

Thanks,

Tom

On Jun 19, 2011, at 6:52 PM, "Bruce W. Calkins" <brucewcalkins at charter.net> wrote:

> The CoCo 1 and 2 could display up to 51 columns of text (under a PMODE 4 screen?) using software.  Since the text needed processing the response was slowed.  The package I used ran under OS-9 level 1 version 2 if I remember correctly.  Legibility suffered too.
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> Bruce W.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike delyea"
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>> Sorry if I am incorrect on this, but the coco2 COULD do 40 column text on a
>> graphic screen (pmode4 I think).  Didn't Telewriter and some other software
>> (screenmaster or something) do this?  I've been following the Deluxe coco
>> thread with some interest.  I'm surprised the Deluxe coco had a serial port
>> but this mod never made it to the coco3.
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