robert@weitek.UUCP (07/29/86)
I'm looking for a good monochrome display for the IBM PC that has more than
25 lines. It needs to have clear, fully-formed characters, but doesn't need
to be particularly BIOS-compatible.
Any pointers to such a device would be appreciated.
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Robert Plamondon
UUCP: {turtlevax, cae780}!weitek!robert
"Genocide: Beyond War"rdr@inuxh.UUCP (Robert Rindfuss) (07/31/86)
> > I'm looking for a good monochrome display for the IBM PC that has more than > 25 lines. It needs to have clear, fully-formed characters, but doesn't need > to be particularly BIOS-compatible. > > Any pointers to such a device would be appreciated. > -- Micro Display Systems in Hastings MN has such a display - I don't know all the technical details, I just saw one in a demo. It had a large portrait display with probably more than 50 or 60 lines, black-on-white. I saw DOS boot on it and I listed a directory, so there's at least some level of compatibility - mabey only text mode? It was also capable of bitmap graphics. Bob Rindfuss ihnp4!inuxh!rdr
jeffd@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Jeff Denenberg) (08/04/86)
> > > > I'm looking for a good monochrome display for the IBM PC that has more than > > 25 lines. It needs to have clear, fully-formed characters, but doesn't need > > to be particularly BIOS-compatible. > > > > Any pointers to such a device would be appreciated. > > -- > > Micro Display Systems in Hastings MN has such a display - I don't know all > the technical details, I just saw one in a demo. It had a large portrait > display with probably more than 50 or 60 lines, black-on-white. > I saw DOS boot on it and I listed a directory, so there's at least some level > of compatibility - mabey only text mode? It was also capable of bitmap > graphics. > > Bob Rindfuss > ihnp4!inuxh!rdr The ITT "Integrated Graphics Adapter" in conjunction with their version of DOS 3.1 has a 44 line display capability using the Hercules standard. Other functions included on the board are: - CGA support via a seperate output port - Serial and Parallel ports (optional cable set required) - Hardware clock - 384K RAM (optional modle) This is a slot saver for any XT clone. Jeff Denenberg ..!decvax!ittvax!jeffd
johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine) (08/07/86)
> I'm looking for a good monochrome display for the IBM PC that has more than > 25 lines. It needs to have clear, fully-formed characters, but doesn't need > to be particularly BIOS-compatible. The IBM EGA adapter, or any of its innumerable clones, give you 43 by 80 text on a regular IBM mono screen, or any of its innumerable clones. The EGA's BIOS even supports it; you need only to run a little patch program which puts the screen into the appropriate mode. The characters are small but quite legible. Such a patch program called EGA43 has been floating around on BBS systems. -- John R. Levine, Javelin Software Corp., Cambridge MA +1 617 494 1400 { ihnp4 | decvax | cbosgd | harvard | yale }!ima!johnl, Levine@YALE.EDU The opinions expressed herein are solely those of a 12-year-old hacker who has broken into my account and not those of any person or organization.
wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) (08/09/86)
A while back, I clipped a little patch for running the EGA card with Wordstar in the 43 line mode. I tried it, and it works fine with version (I think) 3.3 of ws. I think it appeared somewhere between #65 and #75 of the 1986 digests. If anybody is interested, and can't get it locally, send some mail. I have the patch for both color and monochrome. Its about a 15 line script that you put in a file and redirect into the std input for DEBUG to read. 43 lines sure makes ws a lot more enjoyable to use, 'cause you can still see a lot and leave the menu on the screen. Bill Mayhew NEOUCOM Rootstown, Ohio 44272 USA (216) 325-2511 wtm@neoucom.UUCP (...!allegra!neoucom!wtm)