[comp.sys.cbm] C128 Video upgrade, GCR disk editor

seeley@dalcsug.UUCP (Geoffrey Seeley) (12/12/87)

This is my first posting so please bear with me...

I have a couple of questions for anybody out there...

1) In Volume 7, Issue 4 of the magazine THE TRANSACTOR, there is an article
   on upgrading the C128's video RAM to 64K. I am planning on doing this, but
   I have found out that I have a REV 9 8563 chip in my 128. Has anybody
   out there tried this modifcation with any other than REV 8?

2) Does anybody know of a good GCR disk editor (pure GCR code)? (I have
   the GCR editor that comes with SUPERKIT 1541, but it's buggy)

Well...i guess that's all for now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

					Geoff Seeley
					(seeley@dalcug)
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daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (12/15/87)

in article <230@dalcsug.UUCP>, seeley@dalcsug.UUCP (Geoffrey Seeley) says:
> Keywords: video ram,disk editor
> Summary: Can I perform the upgrade?
> 
> 1) In Volume 7, Issue 4 of the magazine THE TRANSACTOR, there is an article
>    on upgrading the C128's video RAM to 64K. I am planning on doing this, but
>    I have found out that I have a REV 9 8563 chip in my 128. Has anybody
>    out there tried this modifcation with any other than REV 8?

You should have a REV 9 8563, that's the final revision, though it's very
similar to the REV 8.  Anyway, the RAM upgrade will work just dandy with any
released 8563, even REV 7 (only a few of those out in the world).

> 					Geoff Seeley
> 					(seeley@dalcug)
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