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This wouldn't be complete without mentioning the enhanced CGA version a lot of Europeans experienced via Amstrad/Schneider PCs in the 80s (they tended to be the

This wouldn't be complete without mentioning the enhanced CGA version a lot of Europeans experienced via Amstrad/Schneider PCs in the 80s (they tended to be the cheapest way to get a PC here, back then). "The Amstrad used an "enhanced" CGA graphic mode, which could display 640x200 pixels with 16 colors (or grayscale)." http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=183&st=1 http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=183&st=1 http://www.nostalgianerd.com/amstrad-pc1512 http://www.nostalgianerd.com/amstrad-pc1512 There were probably at least five pieces of software released which supported this mode. :) The PC1512 came bundled with the GEM windowing system from Digital Research, including a paint program: http://www.reenigne.org/computer/gempaint.gif http://www.reenigne.org/computer/gempaint.gif as well as a fairly state of the art graphical BASIC: http://www.reenigne.org/computer/basic2.gif http://www.reenigne.org/computer/basic2.gif, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDL8w_Mi49A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDL8w_Mi49A (video in EGA though).

qubex 11y ago
I had one and I learnt low-level programming on it. I recall my befuddled confusion when my stuff looked totally glitched on other ‘CGA’ machines.
songshu 11y ago
Ah GEM and Basic 2 Plus! My parents wrote a retail system (cashier, stock, orders) for their store with this and it's still running today (via DOSBox, the hardware is long gone)
WalterBright 11y ago
The Japanese made numerous PCs in the 1980s that all had different graphics systems. I went to Japan in 1987 to help a company get their graphics software to run on all those systems.
Timethy 11y ago
That BASIC looks way ahead of it's time. Thanks so much for sharing.
pjmlp 11y ago
The PC1512 was the computers we had on the PC room on high school. I did spent a few hours playing "Defender of the Crown" on them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7fAaUq1H2k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7fAaUq1H2k

qubex 11y ago

I had one and I learnt low-level programming on it. I recall my befuddled confusion when my stuff looked totally glitched on other ‘CGA’ machines.

songshu 11y ago

Ah GEM and Basic 2 Plus! My parents wrote a retail system (cashier, stock, orders) for their store with this and it's still running today (via DOSBox, the hardware is long gone)

WalterBright 11y ago

The Japanese made numerous PCs in the 1980s that all had different graphics systems. I went to Japan in 1987 to help a company get their graphics software to run on all those systems.

Timethy 11y ago

That BASIC looks way ahead of it's time. Thanks so much for sharing.

pjmlp 11y ago

The PC1512 was the computers we had on the PC room on high school. I did spent a few hours playing "Defender of the Crown" on them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7fAaUq1H2k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7fAaUq1H2k