Path: news.uiowa.edu!uunet!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!cie-2.uoregon.edu!nparker From: nparker@cie-2.uoregon.edu (Neil Parker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: switching between 40 and 80 column Date: 5 May 1995 09:12:12 GMT Organization: University of Oregon Campus Information Exchange Lines: 26 Message-ID: <3ocq5c$ogf@pith.uoregon.edu> References: <3ob9t6$h5u@nyx10.cs.du.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cie-2.uoregon.edu In article <3ob9t6$h5u@nyx10.cs.du.edu> rhanson@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Ryan Hanson) writes: >I have an 80 column card in my //e, and I read somewhere that I can now >have it display 40 or 80...by somehow switching it. > >question is how do I have the computer switch from 40 display to 80? From the keyboard: Type PR#3 to turn on the 80-column card. When the 80-column card is on, press ESC 4 to switch to 40-column mode, or ESC 8 to switch to 80-column mode. To turn off the 80-column card, press ESC CONTROL-Q. From inside a program: To turn on the 80-column card, use PRINT CHR$ (4);"PR#3" To switch to 40-column mode, PRINT CHR$ (17) To switch to 80-column mode, PRINT CHR$ (18) To turn off the 80-column card, PRINT CHR$ (21) - Neil Parker -- Neil Parker | No cute quote, no cute ASCII art, no cute nparker@cie-2.uoregon.edu | disclaimer, no deposit, no return.... nparker@cie.uoregon.edu | (This space intentionally left blank: http://cie-2.uoregon.edu/~nparker | )