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from: Michael J. Mahon
date: 2009-01-07 14:59:48
subject: Re: Wikipedia Apple II (mis)info

Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> sicklittlemonkey wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I was pointed here:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_graphics
>>
>> ... and noticed 'The "Line Graphics" mode' was new to me.
>> Has anyone seen an Apple II with AN0 hooked up like this?
>>
>> It seems more likely to be confusion with the AN3 low / 7MLORES mode
>> on a //e as described by Sather, but I thought I'd ask c.s.a2 and
>> suggest that every so often some of us might like to check Wikipedia
>> for this kind of thing.
> 
> But it specifies annunciator 0, which I have used for lots of different
> things but never noticed any effect on graphics.  (But then, I don't use
> lo-res graphics or double lo-res graphics much at all.)
> 
> I'm not aware of *any* connection between AN0 and the Apple video
> circuits, so this seems unlikely.
> 
> It is described as a color/monochrome switch, which might just be
> someone's mod, not standard equipment.

I checked it on my enhanced //e, and there's nothing there.

I revised the Wikipedia entry, deleting the incorrect "mode", and
re-wrote the confused and incorrect description of the 15-pin video
output connector, but my updates to entries have not always survived.
;-)

-michael

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