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From: jsd@spotted.rice.edu (Shawn Joel Dube)
Subject: Re: 80 columns and baud rate
Message-ID: <1991Apr13.021329.27975@rice.edu>
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 91 02:13:29 GMT

In article <1991Apr12.170745.3125@ge-dab.GE.COM>, potter@speedway.DAB.GE.COM (Jeff Potter) writes:
|> re: transplanting a Hercules graphic card:
|> 
|> About a year back on GEnie I used to meet (on the realtime conference)
|> a guy who purported to be doing just that.  I don't think he succeeded,
|> and I haven't heard from him in a while.  Probably not an impossible
|> task, but a thankless one.
|> 

I would guess all that's involved is converting the Atari bus over to 
an IBM bus.  There may be problems with timing though.

As for thankless, probably.  At least you get 80x25 text and 7?? x 3?? 
graphics.  Too bad I can't change the OS on my 800.

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 Shawn Joel Dube        "Better men than you and I have tried to disprove 
 jsd@owlnet.rice.edu     Ohm's Law.  They're ALL gone now." -Massey, Elec 241
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