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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 ******** Note new website URL ******** NadaNet and AppleCrate II for Apple II parallel computing! Home page: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused." --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32* Origin: Derby City Gateway (1:2320/0) SEEN-BY: 10/1 3 34/999 120/228 123/500 140/1 222/2 226/0 236/150 249/303 SEEN-BY: 250/306 261/20 38 100 1404 1406 1410 1418 266/1413 280/1027 320/119 SEEN-BY: 393/11 396/45 633/260 267 712/848 800/432 801/161 189 2222/700 SEEN-BY: 2320/100 105 200 2905/0 @PATH: 2320/0 100 261/38 633/260 267 |
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