IBM 5150 Hardware Reference Manual page 72

Color selection is determined by the following logic:
C 1 and CO will select 4 of 16 preselected colors.
This color selection (palette) is preloaded in an
I/O
port.
CI CO CODE SELECT COLOR FOR DISPLAY
POSITION
o
0 DOT TAKES ON COLOR OF 1 OF 16
PRESELECTED BACKGROUND COLORS.
o
1
SELECT 1 ST COLOR OF PRESELECT COLOR
SET"
I"
OR "2"
1 0 SELECT 2ND COLOR OF PRESELECT COLOR
SET "I" OR "2"
1 1 SELECT 3RD COLOR OF PRESELECT COLOR
SET" 1" OR "2"
The two color sets are:
SET ONE SET TWO
COLOR 1 - CYAN COLOR I - GREEN
COLOR 2 - MAGENTA COLOR 2 - RED
COLOR
3 -
WHITE COLOR
3-
BROWN
The background colors are the same basic 8 color as defined for
low resolution graphic plus 8 alternate intensities defined by the
intensity bit for a total of 16 color including black and white.
3. Black and white high resolution graphics (monitor)
• Up to 200 rows of 640 pels each
(IxI)
• Black and white only
• Requires 16000 bytes of Read/Write Memory
(on the adapter)
• Addressing and mapping is the same as for medium resolu­
tion color graphics, but the data format is different. In this
mode each bit in memory is mapped to a pelon the screen.
• 8 pels/byte
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
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