[Coco] GIME Chip

[Ober Bower]

It has been a while but if I am not mistaken, the '86 version had issues
with graphics and the '87 was the fixed version. All of my machines have
'87 chips in them so I never really worried about it.

Ober

On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 21:14, Robert Gault wrote:


> The '86 GIME was a source for sparkling dots on the screen and had 

> problems with the horizontal scroll, as I remember it. I'm not aware of 

> the '87 GIME malfunctioning but it does have different timing from the 

> '86 version.

> 

> Some types of graphics programs must have their timing adjusted when you 

> switch from an '86 to '87 GIME.

> 

> Jim Cox wrote:

> > Art:

> > 

> > I thoguth there were an issue with one of the GIME's having artifacts 

> > appear on the screen.  Maybe it was Charlie or Roy that commented on that?

> > 

> > -Jim

> > 

> > On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:31:08 -0500 (EST)

> >  Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:

> > 

> >> Is your friend having some sort of trouble on account of his GIME 

> >> being a 1986

> >> vintage?  As far as I know, the differences between it and the 1987 

> >> version are

> >> pretty subtle and inconsequential.

> >>

> >> Art

> >>

> >>

> >> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Ober Bower wrote:

> >>

> >>> Hello All,

> >>>

> >>>         Does anyone know where I can get a replacement GIME chip. A

> >>> friend of mine has a CoCo with the 1986 GIME and I would like to find a

> >>> 1987 chip for him. All help is appreciated.

> >>>

> >>> Thanks,

> >>> Ober

> >>>

> >>>

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