Re: 2Mhz Geos64??

From: Howard Herman (hlh_at_panix.com)
Date: 1999-11-11 16:04:24

Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> 
> >>Does Geos128 run at 2Mhz when in 40col screen mode or only in 80col?
> >
> >Screen mode doesn't matter.  Anything runnning on the C128, in C128 mode,
> >is running at 2Mhz.
> 
> No, no. The VIC-IIe can't do 2MHz and keep the 40-column screen updated.
> Unless the screen is blanked, if you're in 40-columns, you're at 1MHz (even
> in 128 mode). Only the VDC can continue to do screen updates at 2MHz.

Oh!

I cannot believe that I did not know this...
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