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From: rknop@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Robert Andrew Knop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Thick Pixel Mode
Message-ID: <1991Mar13.093916.4224@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 13 Mar 91 09:39:16 GMT
References: <91067.193918PNNAGATA@MTUS5.BITNET>
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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PNNAGATA@MTUS5.BITNET writes:

>There are three different versions of the VDC - 8563R7A / 8563R8 / 8563R9.
>version 0 is the 8563R7A. The other two are version 1. The version number can
>be read from location $D600 (bits 0-2). The difference between the chips
>has really never been published, but each one requires a slightly different
>configuration.

I am not sure which version I have, but I would guess the earliest based on
how long I've had my 128 (over 4 years now).  I'll pop it open and check it
out sometime.  I'll post which I have here so the others which have the
problem can compare there version numbers with mine and yours.

-Rob
rknop@tybalt.caltech.edu