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From: steve-t@hpfcso.HP.COM (Steve Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Could someone tell me what a HP 9816 is?
Message-ID: <7370061@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 17 Dec 89 16:45:28 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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/ comp.sys.hp / myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers) / 12:24pm Dec 15,1989 /
>             (This is in contrast to the current Series 300 line, which has
>used bit-mapped text from day one unless the old display board set from the
>9920 was installed in the DIO-I slots.  Not sure if that was a supported
>configuration, anyway.) 

Bob was correct about the 216 (aka 9816) display, but his comments about
"the old display board set" and the 300s are a bit off.  The original 9920
(aka 220) display boards (98204A) were 400x300 graphics, no alpha highlights
(inverse, blinking, etc.).  The 217 (9817) display boards (98204B) were
512x390 graphics with alpha highlights.  These boards were also supported
in the 220.  Neither of these boards is supported on Series 300, but (this
is where Bob went awry) the 98546A, which is a clone of the 98204B with an
added feature, is supported on the Series 300 anywhere there's a DIO-I slot
pair for it.  The 98546A adds a video input and a software controlable
switch which allows it to share the same monitor with a 512x400 bit-mapped
display (98542 or 98543 -- actually 1024x400).  The 98546A video output is
also adjusted for the new monitors.  I believe the software controlled switch
is only used by the BASIC Language System.
						Regards, Steve Taylor

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