[Coco] Re: Color Computer 3 prototype

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Torsten

>From the block diagram in the service manual, my guess is that if 8 
bit color mode was available, it would be in the lower resolu tion 
modes. Say 160x192 or some combination that would not exceed a 
32 K ram block. 

It is possible that circuitry on this board may have been left out in 
silicon. Possibly due to area constraints or other political moves 
within Tandy.

james

On 21 Jan 2005 at 18:32, Torsten Dittel wrote:

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> > Prototype boards often outlive the paperwork that goes with the
> > boards. 
> 
> Well, Tandy deleted its copies. Who knows if MicroWare got a copy in
> that times (if they got a prototype, I think so).
> 
> By the way: couldn't it be the magic 256 color mode was just working
> on that (or an earlier) prototype board, but wasn't implemented in the
> final GIME release? This would explain why someone claims to have seen
> it running but it has never been found on a "real" CoCo3...
> 
> Torsten
> 
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