Date   : Sat, 17 Mar 1984 07:06:00-PST
From   : ABN.ISCAMS@USC-ISID.ARPA
Subject: Graphics Boards

I am VERY glad to hear of an up-to-date S-100 graphics board coming out
that's compatible with a big chunk of the industry.  I'm not running MS-DOS
or even CPM-86 yet (haven't found a 16-bit board promising to run in my
Decision I yet), but will eventually.

There's lots of stuff out there to make graphics, but what's the use when
you're incompatible with most other users?  Now if we can find the standard
software for graphics in good old CP/M 2.2 to match the growing standardiz-
ation in the 16-bit world...  Any comments/suggestions?  Would LOVE to play
with graphics, and am willing to invest money/hardware/time, but heck --
it's like my playing with my Freedom 100 graphics (actually, just a small
character subset, good for lines, corners, etc.) -- why bother when only
another Freedom 100 owner running MBASIC or 8080/Z80 assembler can do
anything with it?

Regards, and Dr. Pournelle, thanks for the info.
David Kirschbaum
Toad Hall
(ABN.ISCAMS@USC-ISID)