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Yes, by default the screen width is 40 characters. Many had an "80 column card" and later versions included it. However, TV screens of the time could not reada

Yes, by default the screen width is 40 characters. Many had an "80 column card" and later versions included it. However, TV screens of the time could not readably display 80 character wide screens.

DerekL 3y ago
This is a limitation of the NTSC composite signal. Eighty columns of text will never be readable through a composite connection, no matter how good the monitor is.
- ddingus 3y ago
  Well, that is true for a color signal. Monochrome monitors take composite and can deliver 600 lines or so,