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- From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Video Boards And The Toolbox
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.044549.6364@cco.caltech.edu>
- Date: 30 Aug 92 04:45:49 GMT
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- This is the most feasible VGA board plan I've seen yet; the only question I
- have is how do you intend to plug it into the system (so that $E2-E5 can be
- mapped to it) and if you're going to use the CPU socket how will it deal
- with accelerators. You probably should get a scope and see what the bus does
- when you acces $e2-e5 -- the system may attempt to do a mega II access and
- that could really get in the way unless you get sneaky and add bus interface
- hardware.
-
- I'd also want to be able to upgrade the VRAM to a meg.
-
- Much of the tough questions as to toolbox support have already been answered,
- or at least we know what the problems would be. Jawaid can probably tell you
- more about that.
-
- As far as buying it, let me put it this way: I'll buy one so I can use it with
- LHG (which is not dead, in case anyone's wondering, Binscii II is just taking
- priority over it).
-
- Todd Whitesel
- toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
-