XPost: comp.sys.sinclair, comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.apple2   
   XPost: comp.sys.cbm   
   From: news@youmustbejoking.demon.cu.invalid   
      
   I demand that Bill Vermillion may or may not have written...   
      
   [snip]   
   > On two of my first machines the video really didn't have a lot of   
   > processing.  There was a character generator chip and you wrote a character   
   > to a memory spot and it displayed on the screen.   
      
   I know exactly what you mean: the BBC micros had a teletext mode as well as   
   several pre-defined bitmapped modes - and, the display chip being a 6845,   
   some scope for custom modes.   
      
   [snip]   
   --   
   | Darren Salt | nr. Ashington, | d youmustbejoking,demon,co,uk   
   | RISC OS,    | Northumberland | s zap,tartarus,org   
   | Linux       | Toon Army      | @   
   |   The RISC OS and Linux versions of Snake Pit.   
      
   Abstain from beans.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)