THE BIG GREEN SCREEN
The video screen displays
information
communicated
between you and the
computer
, such as characters typed on
the
keyboard, stored information, and
prompts
(requests for you
to
type information).
The screen
holds 1,920 characters in
80
vertical
columns
and
24
horizontal lines.
There is
another
(25th) line, which is a
status
line.
The
character
set is the standard ASCII set.
You
can
adjust
the brightness
of
the
display
by turning the brightness knob on
the
back
panel.
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