23 Sep
2004
23 Sep
'04
9:41 a.m.
In the old days of the XT and CGA, what text modes were supported?
Old days????
The CGA supported 80*25 and 40*25 text modes. The MDA supported 80*25 only.
I have a Wyse PC+ - an oddball XT class machine - that could run DOS in
several weird text modes (96 and 132 column, I think). I remember using it
this way for some stuff, but often certain programs would barf (Norton
Commander being one of them).
Were these modes standard?
No, the iBM cards could not do those.
-tony