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Cursors on Video Interface HP82163 Message #1 Posted by Christoph Giesselink on 18 July 2012, 5:15 p.m. I have some questions about the cursors on the HP82163 video interface. On normal operation characters are white on a black background when connected to a B&W monitor. The replace cursor on such a character is complete white. I assume that the insert cursor over such a character is a white left arrow on black background. So a blinking cursor show the cursor symbol and the character alternately. Does sombody know the cursor blinking frequency? I assume 1 Hz. Has somebody a picture of the insert cursor? My last question is, how look the blinking cursors over an inverted character. An inverted character (with bit 7 set) is shown black on a white background. Does this mean for the cursors that they are also inverted, the replace cursor now totally black and the insert cursor a black left arrow on white background? Or look the cursor symbols itself like over a normal character? TIA, Christoph

Re: Cursors on Video Interface HP82163 Message #2 Posted by Sylvain Cote on 18 July 2012, 11:22 p.m., in response to message #1 by Christoph Giesselink Hello Christoph, Here some answers to your questions ... Q1: yes, white on black Q2: no, it toggle the character beneath it between white on black and black on white Q3: no, it's around 4 toggle per second Q4: the insert cursor is a blinking left arrow toggling between the character and the left arrow cursor Q5: black on white and toggling between the inverted character and the inverted insert cursor. Sylvain Edit1: if you are interested, I have made a small (10MB) video showing some of the capabilities of the interface. Edited: 19 July 2012, 1:19 a.m.

Re: Cursors on Video Interface HP82163 Message #3 Posted by Geir Isene on 19 July 2012, 7:41 a.m., in response to message #2 by Sylvain Cote I am interested. YouTube?

Re: Cursors on Video Interface HP82163 Message #4 Posted by Sylvain Cote on 19 July 2012, 9:49 a.m., in response to message #3 by Geir Isene Hello Geir, Never post anything on YouTube, that will be my first! 8-) I will do it tonight at home and I will leave a message here when it's done. Sylvain Edit: came home too late tonight, will do it saturday morning (my TZ=UTC-4h) Edited: 21 July 2012, 2:56 p.m.

Re: Cursors on Video Interface HP82163 Message #5 Posted by Sylvain Cote on 21 July 2012, 2:57 p.m., in response to message #3 by Geir Isene Just added an "HP-82163A how-to and video" entry in the article section. You will find the video location, the basic code, the video scenario and the RAW HP-IL frames dump.

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