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Re: CGA & EGA - Experiences & Help wanted

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From: Andrew Rossmann
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 01:00
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>Item: 7391 by GMoretti at massey.ac.nz (0 responses)
>Author: [Giovanni Moretti]
>
>Question: What's TANDY 16 colour mode? - apparently it's different from
>          ENHANCED 16 colour RGB (320*200)?
>Cheers 
>Giovanni
> GIOVANNI MORETTI, Consultant         |  EMail to G.Moretti@massey.ac.nz

  The Tandy 320x200x16 mode is BIOS mode 9. Unlike the EGA, the memory is
based at B800 instead of A000. It is also organized in a 4-way interleave.
The EGA mode is a simple linear setup.

  Andrew Rossmann
  andyross@ddsw1.MCS.COM
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From: andyross@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Andrew Rossmann)
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Subject: Re: CGA & EGA - Experiences & Help wanted
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