Hi Andrew, I would like to see this area of PC compatible text/graphics developed and will watch this thread with interest. I am particularly interested in CGA graphics as this opens up even more applications (OK... retro games :-) ) but if your aim is initially MDA text then I'd still be interested. best regards David Fry
On Saturday, July 12, 2014 3:47:50 AM UTC+1, Andrew Bingham wrote: > All, > > I've been brainstorming about ways to get an IBM PC-compatible display > going with readily available parts. Either to use with the SBC-188 (or a > modified version thereof), or the S-100 MS-DOS Support Board + 8088 board. > > I think I've come up with a concept that would allow the Propeller to be > used in an IBM MDA-compatible configuration. > > This is not the "holy grail" of having a VGA or SVGA adapter but I think > it would be a good starting point as far as running a subset of MS-DOS > programs that manipulate the text buffer directly. > > Anyway let me know if it looks like this has any kind of merit. > > I have some more ideas in this direction involving a real dual port RAM > PLCC chip + the Propeller that might actually make CGA > all-points-accessible graphics possible as well but I am still doing some > calculations to see if the Propeller can handle it with "all cogs firing". > > Andrew B. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
