Date   : Mon, 15 Feb 1988 08:45:00
From   : binder%fizbin.DEC@decwrl.dec.com (Popular culture is an oxymoron.)
Subject: PCPI Applicard vs. Enhanced Apple //e

The PCPI Applicard's driver set includes one called FAST2E80, which was
intended to provide much-improved screen handling on an Apple //e.  

FAST2E80 does not handle an Enhanced //e properly, because it invokes the
"alternate" inverse uppercase character set that was replaced by MouseText
in the Enhanced //e.  Vanilla programs are fine, but WordStar (for example)
displays the famous "MouseText garbage" for inverse uppercase.

The Enhanced //e has faster screen handling than the original version; in
fact, it's faster than FAST2E80 gives.  So I should just be able to gen a
driver set without this driver, right?  Wrong.  Most vanilla CP/M stuff
seems to run all right without FAST2E80, but WordStar doesn't - every time
I strike the DELETE key, everything below the cursor moves *down* a line. 
That means that WordStar can't be run on an Applicard system in an Enhanced
//e.  Argh!

Does anyone know of a patch to FAST2E80 to make it select the *right*
inverse uppercase character set?  Or is there something in the setup
options for installing the driver?

Thanks,
Dick Binder   (The Stainless Steel Rat)

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