The Videx Ultraterm a Video- Display Card That Enables the Apple to Display up to 160 Columns Or 48 Lines

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The Videx Ultraterm A video- display card that enables the Apple to display up to 160 columns or 48 lines

by Peter V. Callamaras The Videx Ultraterm is a new video -display card de- your video display using any or all of the available modes signed to plug into any Apple II (II, II Plus, or IIe) to (highlight, lowlight, inverse, etc.), a built -in soft switch enable the Apple to display more than its standard 40 that will automatically give you the 80- column mode columns. when you boot either Pascal or CPIM, and a well -written Before the introduction of this display card, Apple users manual. owners had only two choices concerning the number of The features are impressive, yet the Ultraterm is also columns they could display: they could accept the stan- easy to install and use. After you open the top of the dard 40 columns or add a peripheral card to give the Apple and ground yourself to the power supply (by Apple 80 columns. In either case the number of rows, or touching the large gold unit in the left -rear corner of the lines displayed, was limited to 24. The Ultraterm offers computer), simply plug the Ultraterm board into one of Apple owners a greater choice of displays (see table 1). the Apple's expansion slots and plug a two -wire molex In addition to adding to the amount of information you

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