Pentagon add-ons

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From Nickolay Zabrodotsky To All 27 January 1998


I greet All and want to talk to him about 'Pentagon add-ons':
Long life and prosperity to you, All!

People! And what kind of improvements are these to the video modes for the Pentagon (text, a lot of
you know, characters in a line) ???
And what other improvements are there?
Where can I look at the circuits/buy the hardware?


Sincerely, Nickolay Zabrodotsky AKA ProfeSSor F0lken
■ Posted in 15:00.
... There will be beer and everything else.

From Roman Milukov To All 2 February 1998


Hello, Nickolay!

27 Jan 98 Nickolay Zabrodotsky hoping that everyone will read,
wrote:

NZ> People! And what kind of modification is this to the video modes for the Pentagon? This was done by V.M.G. from Kharkov.
NZ> (text, a lot,
NZ> you know, characters in a line) ???
3 simple microcircuits are hung as a sandwich and you get an additional
video mode in monochrome 512*192 pixels (85 characters 6*8 in stock). Very convenient for
terminals and other FIDO-soft.
NZ> What other improvements are there?
And you add another housing and you get 256*192 attribute per byte. There was also a modification to "address straightening", but I didn't see it. NZ> Where can I see the circuits
/buy hardware?
In ZX POWER #2 the circuit is 512*192, there is also the phone V.M.G. (It seems he doesn’t have FIDO)


All the best.
With respect, Roman Milukov.