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THE VIDEO DISPLAY
Adjacent color dots ma y interfere wit h one
another . The exact mechanism of t he doub le -
hi- res color generation scheme is quit e
complicated a nd will not be detailed here.
For more information , ref er to the Technical
R efe rence Manual.
5.2.3 Mixed graphics / text display
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For any of the four graphics modes
described in sectio n 5.2.2, th ere is a mixed
graphics / te xt mode available. A mixed mode
sc re en is made up of a graphics dis play on
the upper portion and four lines of te xt at
the bott om as shown in Fig ure 5-3.
]GR
] I
----~ GRAPHICS
SCREEN
-- --+--- FOUR LINES
OF TEXT
Figur.e 5-3 Mixed graphics / text di splay
For lo-r es and hi-res g raphic s, the fou r lin es
of t ext can be di spl ayed in eithe r 40-column
or 80-column format. For med-res a nd
double-hi-res graphic s, the text is always
displayed in 80-co lumn format.
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