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80 columns were also important. Some 8-bitters couldn't even produce 40 columns. The Beeb could handle 80 columns and so was used in all sorts of areas. But I'
by forinti 3y ago
80 columns were also important. Some 8-bitters couldn't even produce 40 columns. The Beeb could handle 80 columns and so was used in all sorts of areas.
But I'd argue that PCs had unequivocal advantage when 386s came out.
- flohofwoe 3y ago80 columns were pretty much a requirement for CP/M though, which was basically the MS-DOS of the 8-bit era (for instance the Amstrad CPC had an 80 column mode and supported CP/M as optional operating system, and the Commodore 128 also added 80 column support because the whole point of the additional Z80 CPU in the C128 was proper CP/M support).