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AST RESEARCH TECHNICAL BULLETIN TB-0016 6-7-84
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FREQUENTLY-ASKED QUESTIONS
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MONOGRAPHPLUS GRAPHICS CARD
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*WHAT DOES THE MONOGRAPHPLUS DO?
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The MonoGraphPlus replaces IBM's Monochrome Display/Printer
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Adapter and enables you to do bit-mapped graphics on the
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monochrome display without sacrificing its high quality text
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characters.
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*WHAT IS THE RESOLUTION WITH THE MONOGRAPHPLUS?
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There are two graphics pages each with a resolution of 720h x
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348v.
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*CAN I RUN 1-2-3 ON THE MONOGRAPHPLUS?
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Yes. The MonoGraphPlus is one of the graphics cards that Lotus
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fully supports.
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*IS THE GRAPHICS CARD COMPATIBLE WITH THE XT?
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Yes. It's compatible with the XT and DOS 2.0.
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*CAN I RUN THE SAME SOFTWARE THAT I RAN ON MY IBM MONOCHROME
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BOARD?
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Yes. Applications software and programming languages compatible
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with the IBM monochrome board are also compatible with the
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MonoGraphPlus. You can run text mode software like WordStar,
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VisiCalc and dBase II without any modifications.
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*WHAT SOFTWARE DO YOU SUPPLY?
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We provide a diskette, MonoGraphPak, which includes programs to
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use the clock/calendar function and to display a 26th status
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line. That line includes such information as directory trees,
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status of selected keys, and a running display of the time-of-
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day. In addition, we supply detailed information on how to
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program a 27th line with any information you wish.
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*CAN I RUN GRAPHICS SOFTWARE WRITTEN ONLY FOR THE IBM COLOR CARD?
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No. However, there are a number of graphics programs
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compatible with the MonoGraphPlus.
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*CAN I SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAY TEXT AND GRAPHICS?
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Yes. In graphics mode, software draws the test characters.
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*WHAT CHARACTER SET DOES THE MONOGRAPHPLUS USE?
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The character set is the IBM style of a 7x9 character in a 9x14
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box. It is located in a socketed EPROM on the MonoGraphPlus.
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*WHICH PRINTERS OR PLOTTERS CAN I USE WITH THE CARD?
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Any parallel port printer or plotter is compatible with the
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MonoGraphPlus.
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*WILL YOUR CARD WORK WITH IBM'S COLOR CARD IN THE SYSTEM?
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No, because they use the same memory address in the screen
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buffer.
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*WHICH SYSTEM AND MONITORS OTHER THAN IBM'S WILL THE
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MONOGRAPHPLUS SUPPORT?
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The MonoGraphPlus meets the specifications of the IBM PC and the
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IBM monochrome display and it will support other systems and
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monitors which also meet those specs. The MonoGraphPlus does not
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support a color monitor.
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*WHAT DOCUMENTATION DO YOU SUPPLY?
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We supply a User's Manual which describes installation, checkout
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and basic use of the MonoGraphPlus. In addition, we supply a
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very comprehensive Technical Reference Manual which includes
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detailed programming information, schematics, and other
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information of value to the technical user.
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