{"id":716,"date":"2021-05-02T01:37:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T01:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/?p=716"},"modified":"2021-05-05T04:15:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T04:15:12","slug":"color-computer-3-text-mode-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/?p=716","title":{"rendered":"Color Computer 3 Text Mode Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to run thru the complete 40 column text mode options on a CoCo 3. Documented with pictures.\nHere is the program I used to create the display:<\/p>\n<pre>10 CLS\n20 FOR X = 0 TO 30\n30 PRINT\n40 PRINT X;\n50 FOR Z = 65 TO 75\n60 PRINT CHR$(X+Z);\n70 NEXT Z\n80 NEXT X\n90 FOR X + 0 TO 7\n100 LOCATE 0,0:PRINT X\n110 POKE &amp;HFF98,X\n120 A$=INKEY$:IF A$=\"\" THEN 120\n130 NEXT X\n140 GOTO 90\n<\/pre>\n<p>Text Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).\nVertical Size: 1 scan line (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 0).\nDescription: Uses the first row of every text cell for 192 rows.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0946_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0946_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0946_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-717\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).\nVertical Size: 1 scan line (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 1).\nDescription: Uses the first row of every text cell for 192 rows.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0947_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0947_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0947_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-732\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).\nVertical Size: 2 scan lines (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 0).\nDescription: Uses the first two rows of every text cell for 96 rows.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0948_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0948_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0948_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-734\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).\nVertical Size: 8 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 1).\nDescription: 24 rows of text.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0949_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0949_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0949_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-737\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).\nVertical Size: 9 scan lines per text cel (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 0).\nDescription: 21.3 rows of text\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0950_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0950_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0950_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-738\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).\nVertical Size: 10 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 1).\nDescription: 19.3 rows of text\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0951_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0951_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0951_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-739\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).\nVertical Size: 11 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 0).\nDescription: 17.5 rows of text\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0952_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0952_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0952_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-740\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 24 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 0).\nVertical Size: 16 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 1).\nDescription: 12 rows of text. First row repeated.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0953_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0953_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0953_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-741\" \/><\/a><br>\n<br>\nText Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 1 scan line (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 0).\nDescription: Uses the first row of every text cell for 200 rows.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0902_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0902_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0902_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-744\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 1 scan line (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 1).\nDescription: Uses the first row of every text cell for 200 rows.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0903_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0903_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0903_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-744\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 2 scan lines (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 0).\nDescription: Uses the first two rows of every text cell for 100 rows.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0904_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0904_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0904_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-734\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 8 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 1).\nDescription: 25 rows of text.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0914_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0914_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0914_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-746\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 9 scan lines per text cel (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 0).\nDescription: 21.3 rows of text\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0915_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0915_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0915_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-747\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 10 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 1).\nDescription: 20 rows of text\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0916_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0916_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0916_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-748\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 11 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 0).\nDescription: 18 (and one scan line) rows of text\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0917_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0917_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0917_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-749\" \/><\/a>\nText Rows: 25 (VRES0: 0, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 16 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 1).\nDescription: 13 rows of text\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0918_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0918_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0918_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-749\" \/><\/a>\n<br>\n<br>\nText Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 1 scan line (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 0).\nDescription: Uses the first row of every text cell for 224 rows.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0919_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0919_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0919_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-751\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 1 scan line (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 1).\nDescription: Uses the first row of every text cell for 224 rows.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0920_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0920_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0920_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-752\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 2 scan lines (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 0).\nDescription: Uses the first two rows of every text cell for 112 rows.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0921_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0921_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0921_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-734\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 8 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 0, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 1).\nDescription: 28 rows of text.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0922_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0922_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0922_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-746\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 9 scan lines per text cel (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 0).\nDescription: 25 rows of text\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0923_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0923_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0923_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-747\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 10 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 0, LPR0: 1).\nDescription: 22.5 rows of text\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0924_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0924_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0924_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-748\" \/><\/a><br>\nText Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 11 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 0).\nDescription: 21.5 (and one scan line) rows of text\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0925_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0925_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0925_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-749\" \/><\/a>\nText Rows: 28 (VRES0: 1, VRES1: 1).\nVertical Size: 16 scan lines per text cell (LPR2: 1, LPR1: 1, LPR0: 1).\nDescription: 14 (plus one scan line) rows of text\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0926_r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_0926_r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0926_r\" width=\"2101\" height=\"1575\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-749\" \/><\/a>\n<br>\n<br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/?p=716\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":736,"href":"https:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tlindner.macmess.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}