Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!seven From: seven@nuchat.UUCP (David Paulsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Video Upgrade Message-ID: <491@nuchat.UUCP> Date: 26 Dec 87 09:29:57 GMT References: <2667@gryphon.CTS.COM> Organization: The Department of Redundancy Department Lines: 21 In article <2667@gryphon.CTS.COM>, howie@pnet02.cts.com (Howard Herman) writes: [about increasing your 128's video ram from 16K to 64K...] > It upgrades your video information from its present 16k > to 64k, which in turn allows you to view on your monitor > Hi-Res graphics, and color information, that would not > otherwise be available. > > Howie Herman, 229 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016. > UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd!crash, ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax}!gryphon!pnet02!howie > INET: howie@pnet02.CTS.COM In addition to the added 80-column graphics capabilities mentioned here, you can also keep extra character sets (fonts) in the added video ram, or even use the extra memory as a ram disk. Software to do the latter was published in the Transactor Vol-7, Issue-1 (July 1986). -- David Paulsen - CHARTER MEMBER, WILLIAM WINDOM FAN CLUB ..uunet!nuchat!seven "It had a maw that could swallow a DOZEN starships!" --Commodore Matt Decker, chewing on the scenery again