Color Computer 3 Text Mode Study

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I decided to run thru the complete 40 column text mode options on a CoCo 3. Documented with pictures.
Here is the program I used to create the display:

10 CLS
20 FOR X = 0 TO 30
30 PRINT
40 PRINT X;
50 FOR Z = 65 TO 75
60 PRINT CHR$(X+Z);
70 NEXT Z
80 NEXT X
90 FOR X + 0 TO 7
100 LOCATE 0,0:PRINT X
110 POKE &HFF98,X
120 A$=INKEY$:IF A$="" THEN 120
130 NEXT X
140 GOTO 90

Text Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).
Vertical Size: 1 scan line (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 0).
Description: Uses the first row of every text cell for 192 rows.
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Text Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).
Vertical Size: 1 scan line (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 1).
Description: Uses the first row of every text cell for 192 rows.
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Text Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).
Vertical Size: 2 scan lines (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 0).
Description: Uses the first two rows of every text cell for 96 rows.
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Text Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).
Vertical Size: 8 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 1).
Description: 24 rows of text.
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Text Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).
Vertical Size: 9 scan lines per text cel (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 0).
Description: 21.3 rows of text
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Text Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).
Vertical Size: 10 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 1).
Description: 19.3 rows of text
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Text Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).
Vertical Size: 11 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 0).
Description: 17.5 rows of text
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Text Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).
Vertical Size: 16 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 1).
Description: 12 rows of text. First row repeated.
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Text Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 1 scan line (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 0).
Description: Uses the first row of every text cell for 200 rows.
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Text Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 1 scan line (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 1).
Description: Uses the first row of every text cell for 200 rows.
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Text Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 2 scan lines (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 0).
Description: Uses the first two rows of every text cell for 100 rows.
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Text Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 8 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 1).
Description: 25 rows of text.
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Text Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 9 scan lines per text cel (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 0).
Description: 21.3 rows of text
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Text Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 10 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 1).
Description: 20 rows of text
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Text Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 11 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 0).
Description: 18 (and one scan line) rows of text
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Text Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 16 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 1).
Description: 13 rows of text
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Text Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 1 scan line (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 0).
Description: Uses the first row of every text cell for 224 rows.
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Text Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 1 scan line (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 1).
Description: Uses the first row of every text cell for 224 rows.
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Text Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 2 scan lines (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 0).
Description: Uses the first two rows of every text cell for 112 rows.
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Text Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 8 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 1).
Description: 28 rows of text.
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Text Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 9 scan lines per text cel (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 0).
Description: 25 rows of text
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Text Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 10 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 1).
Description: 22.5 rows of text
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Text Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 11 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 0).
Description: 21.5 (and one scan line) rows of text
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Text Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).
Vertical Size: 16 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 1).
Description: 14 (plus one scan line) rows of text
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