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From: jgreco@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Joe Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: 80 columns Card for the C64
Keywords: 8563, C128, 80 columns
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Date: 5 Sep 89 17:51:41 GMT
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In comp.sys.cbm article <1989Aug30.184224.12444@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, leblanc@eecg.toronto.edu (Marcel LeBlanc) wrote:
>interesting project for C64 owners would be to install an 8563 (C128 VDC) in
>the C64 at the same address as in a C128.  This internal upgrade would leave

That's something I've been considering for my BBS, which would be an
ideal application for it (the program's I/O is almost entirely driver
dependent, so a change like that would be easy).  I've looked at the
C128 schematics, and it looks like it would be childishly simple,
requiring only a little work on the timing lines.
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