IBM PCjr

From: Ward Griffiths and/or Lisa Rogers <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Mon Jun 23 22:05:45 1997

On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Marvin wrote:

> SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com wrote:
> > standard cga monitor into the back. if anyone's interested, i could post the
> > pinouts of the dongle so you can use cga. the last hamfest i went to have
> As I recall, the PC Jr. does not use CGA but rather EGA. Something in
> the back of my mind says that the REAL PC Jr. monitor is not quite EGA
> but definetely better than CGA.

The PCjr hooked up to a regular CGA monitor, it just used it better than a
regular PC CGA adapter did. It had some extra modes that gave better
resolution or more color (one or the other, not both). The Tandy 1000
series also had these enhancements, plus had the added sound capability
(and BASIC play commands) of the PCjr. Unfortunately, the Tandy 1000 early
models hardwired a foolishly incompatible IRQ for the hard drive. Well,
it _was_ even with that easier and cheaper to expand than the PCjr.
--
Ward Griffiths
"America is at that awkward stage.  It's too late to work within 
the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." --Claire Wolfe
Received on Mon Jun 23 1997 - 22:05:45 BST

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