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Message 1690294 - Posted: 11 Jun 2015, 23:07:43 UTC - in response to Message 1690274.  

Sinclair Z80 + ASM + Basic. C64 + ASM (mem radar for Leisure suit Larry with split screen graphics and text to see what was needed. Implemented as irq handler). Did that for PC too (monochrome CGA)

Edit: On PC You had to go to help (text mode). The radar worked only there)

Space Quest on the modded Atari 400, glorious color, 1st computer with an integrated chipset, 400/800 series computers regarded as the ancestor of modern PCs...
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