[Coco] Gadgets

[George Ramsower]

 I checked on the 32 column screen on my Coco3 and it does not do true upper
and lower case.
 To switch the keyboard, use Shift 0 <zero.
 40 and 80 column do true lower case.

 I believe the "Lower Case Kit" was an EPROM that replaced the masked in ROM
in the VDG.
 Not sure though. I've slept a few times and eaten a bite or two since then.

----- Original Message -----
From: "bill gordon" <cwgordon at charter.net>
To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 5:43 PM
Subject: RE: [Coco] Gadgets


> Well, I found a poke (POKE 282,0-sets keyboard to lowercase, POKE
> 282,255-resets to uppercase).  So, I tried it. I must have a non-standard
> machine.  (CoCo3, part #26-3334, Serial # 1119186 ), because all I get is
> inverse screen.
>
> Now, about that 'lowercase kit'.....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
On
> Behalf Of Roger Merchberger
> Sent: 4/5/05 6:28 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Gadgets
>
> Rumor has it that Mannequin* may have mentioned these words:
> >On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 18:07:26 -0400
> >"billg" <cwgordon at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> > > "Back in the day", when CoCo was King (at least in our eyes), my
> > > system had a 'lowercase converter' kit installed that allowed true
> > > lowercase instead of inverse video.
> > >
> >Isn't there a POKE for doing this on a 32 width screen without any
> >special hardware on a Coco 3? I think I used to do this in some of my
>
> Correct. Also true with some of the later CoCo2 machines that had a newer
> version VDG in it -- the lower case kit was used on earlier CoCo2s and
there
> may have been a version for the CoCo1's, but I don't think they could be
> switched between versions.
>
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