IBM 5150 Hardware Reference Manual

IBM Monochrome Display Adapter V s. Color/
Graphics Adapter Attribute Relationship
Table 3. Monochrome Vs Color/Graphics Attributes
ON THE
ON THE
MONOCHROME
COLOR/GRAPHIC
7 6 5 4
3
Z
1
0
DISPLAY ADAPTER
DISPLAY ADAPTER
B R G
B
I
R G B
CHAR. !
BKGD.
CHAR. BKGD.
COLOR I
COLOR COLOR
COLOR
FG
BACKGROUND FOREGROUND
NORMAL B 0 0
0
I
1
1
1
WHITE BLACK WHITE BLACK
RVV
B
1
1 1 I
0 0
0
BLACK WHITE
BLACK
WHITE
NON DISP (BLKI
B
0 0
0
I
0 0 0
BLACK
BLACK BLACK BLACK
NON DISP (WHTI B 1
1 1 I
1
1 1 WHITE
WHITE WHITE WHITE
ALL OTHER CODES
ALL OTHER
ALL OTHER
DEFINE FOREGROUND
CODES RESULT CODES CHANGE
BACKGROUND COLOR IN WHITE
FOREGROUND
COMBINATIONS
CHAR ON BLACK BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND COLOR TO
SELECTED
VALUE
G * CODE WRITTEN WITH AN UNDERLINE
ATTRIBUTE FOR THE IBM MONOCHROME DISPLAY
BLACK
WHEN EXECUTED ON A COLOR/GRAPHICS ADAPTER
1
BLUE
WILL RESULT IN A BLUE CHARACTER
0
GREEN
WHERE THE UNDERLINE ATTRIBUTES
1
CYAN
ARE ENCOUNTERED.
0 REO
1 MAGENTA
CODE WRITTEN ON A COLOR/GRAPHICS ADAPTER
0
YELLOW
WITH BLUE CHARACTERS, WILL BE
WHITE
DISPLAYED AS WHITE CHARACTERS
ON BLACK BACKGROUND WITH A
* AN ADDITIONAL
WHITE UNDERLINE ON THE MOI~OCHROME DISPLAY
8
COLOR (ACTUAL)
DIFFERENT SHADES
OF THE ABOVE)
ARE SELECTED BY
SETTING THE
(II BIT
Note: Not all Monitors Recognize the (1) Bit
Table 4. Color/Graphics Modes
HORIZONTAL
VERTICAL
NO OF COLORS
(lNCl. BACKGROUND COLOR)
LOW RES 160
100
16 (INCLUDES BLACK AND
WHITE)
MED RES
320 200 4 COLORS: 1 OF 16 FOR
BACKGROUND PLUS GREEN,
REO, YELLOW OR CYAN,
MAGENTA, WHITE
HIGH RES
640
200
B&WONLY
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IBM 5150 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	5150
Category	Desktop
Language	English