Re: [OT] Re: Colour blindness & the Linux Kernel Version History

David Weinehall (tao@acc.umu.se)
Thu, 21 Oct 1999 17:09:23 +0200 (MET_DST)


On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, CaT wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 02:12:45PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > Funny, I heard the opposite. - remembering back
> > > to when the BBC Micro was released in the UK.
> >
> > Remember also that every single computer using a TV by design and thus
> > with stronger visual constraints used black writing on pale background.
>
> C64: light cyan on dark blue

Light blue, not cyan.

> Amiga, pre ks2.x: white on dark blue
>
> Not quite every. :) I think the vic20 and c128 were similar.

The Vic20 did use cyan, I think, and the C128 uses dark-green background,
and light-green border + text.

/David
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