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From: esaffle@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ed Saffle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C64 on an IBM card?
Message-ID: <4177@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
Date: 17 Apr 91 18:06:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: gmuvax2.4177
References: <1991Apr17.022048.15067@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>
Reply-To: esaffle@gmuvax2.UUCP (Ed Saffle)
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In article <1991Apr17.022048.15067@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> gravillr@prism.cs.orst.edu (GRAVILLE RUSSELL JAMES) writes:
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>make a card which would have a C64 on it.  It would be like the C64 in a

  Being a fellow Commodore owner and also an IBM user, I can see how great 
a valule this would be....not only that but it is a neat idea in itself.

>be great but I dont see how that could work.  The hardest part I see is 

  The video shouldn't have that big a problem.....of course I am most definitelyNOT an expert on the subject.  I know that the CGA mode on an IBM system is 
compatable with the RGB mode that the 128 uses to get 80 column screens. I
know this because I occasionally use the monitor on my mom's XT and my 128's
RGB monitor interchangeably when one is in need of repair.  I'll have to keep
tabs on how this goes.  Maybe I can fins out some stuff from the people around
here.
 
Later,
  Ed