Ibm Monochrome Display Adapter V S. Color/Graphics; Adapter Attribute Relationship; Color/Graphics Modes; Monochrome Vs Color/Graphics Attributes - IBM 5150 Hardware Reference Manual

IBM Monochrome Display Adapter V s. Color/
Graphics Adapter Attribute Relationship
Table 3.
Monochrome Vs Color/Graphics Attributes
ON THE
ON THE
MONOCHROME COLOR/GRAPHIC
7
6
5 4
3
Z 1 0 DISPLAY ADAPTER
DISPLAY ADAPTER
B R G B I
R
G B
CHAR.
!
BKGD.
CHAR. BKGD.
COLOR
I
COLOR COLOR
COLOR
FG BACKGROUND FOREGROUND
NORMAL B 0 0
0 I
1
1
1
WHITE BLACK WHITE BLACK
RVV B 1 1 1 I
0 0
0 BLACK WHITE BLACK WHITE
NON DISP (BLKI B 0 0
0 I 0 0 0 BLACK
BLACK BLACK BLACK
NON DISP (WHTI B 1 1 1 I
1
1 1 WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE
ALL OTHER CODES ALL OTHER
ALL OTHER
DEFINE FOREGROUND
CODES RESULT CODES CHANGE
BACKGROUND COLOR IN WHITE FOREGROUND
COMBINATIONS CHAR ON BLACK BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND COLOR TO
SELECTED
VALUE
G
* CODE WRITTEN WITH AN UNDERLINE
ATTRIBUTE FOR THE IBM MONOCHROME DISPLAY
BLACK
WHEN EXECUTED ON A COLOR/GRAPHICS ADAPTER
1 BLUE
WILL RESULT IN A BLUE CHARACTER
0
GREEN WHERE THE UNDERLINE ATTRIBUTES
1
CYAN ARE ENCOUNTERED.
0 REO
1
MAGENTA
CODE WRITTEN ON A COLOR/GRAPHICS ADAPTER
0
YELLOW WITH BLUE CHARACTERS, WILL BE
WHITE
DISPLAYED AS WHITE CHARACTERS
ON BLACK BACKGROUND WITH A
* AN ADDITIONAL
WHITE UNDERLINE ON THE
MOI~OCHROME
DISPLAY
8 COLOR (ACTUAL)
DIFFERENT SHADES
OF THE ABOVE)
ARE SELECTED BY
SETTING THE
(II
BIT
Note: Not all Monitors Recognize the (1) Bit
Table 4.
Color/Graphics Modes
HORIZONTAL
VERTICAL
NO OF COLORS
(lNCl. BACKGROUND COLOR)
LOW RES 160
100
16 (INCLUDES BLACK AND
WHITE)
MED RES 320 200 4 COLORS: 1 OF 16 FOR
BACKGROUND PLUS GREEN,
REO, YELLOW OR CYAN,
MAGENTA, WHITE
HIGH RES
640 200 B&WONLY
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