Date   : Thu, 28 Feb 2002 13:22:47 +0000
From   : James Fidell <james@...>
Subject: Re: The License Fee (change the name, and we're back on topic)

Quoting John Richardson (j.m.richardson@...):

> And we wouldn't have had MODE 7 without the Beeb! Didn't even the text only
> MODE 6 use up 10K? That's 9K not available for all those text-only programs.

<pedant>
8K, I believe.  Modes 4 and 5 used 10K, but mode 6 had fewer lines of text.
</pedant>

James