[Coco] Tandy CM-8 Monitor Viewable Size

[Ron]

I figured this would be the case.  I guess I'm just used to bigger 
screens.  :)

Thanks for the info!

-Ron


On 8/18/2015 9:04 PM, K. Pruitt wrote:
> Since you're using a CM8 monitor I assume you're using a CoCo 3.  Yep, 
> that big border is normal. You can however change the screen width to 
> 40 or 80 characters and change the border colors, as well as the 
> foreground and background colors as well.
>
> WIDTH 32   gets you the default screen size
> WIDTH 40   gets you a 40 character screen
> WIDTH 80   gets you an 80 character screen
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron"
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 6:05 PM
> Subject: [Coco] Tandy CM-8 Monitor Viewable Size
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a Tandy CM-8 monitor that seems to be working fine, however, 
>> the actual "viewable" area on the screen seems much smaller than it 
>> could be as there is quite a bit of black border around the whole 
>> picture.
>>
>> Is this normal for a CM-8 or is there an adjustment that can be made 
>> (internally) to increase the picture size as there doesn't appear to 
>> be user controls to do this?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> -Ron
>>
>>
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