Yamaha V9938 - MSX-specific Terminology

MSX-specific Terminology

On MSX, the screen modes are often referred to by their assigned number in MSX-Basic. This mapping is as follows:

Basic mode VDP mode MSX system
Screen 0 (width 40) T1 MSX 1
Screen 0 (width 80) T2 MSX 2
Screen 1 G1 MSX 1
Screen 2 G2 MSX 1
Screen 3 MC MSX 1
Screen 4 G3 MSX 2
Screen 5 G4 MSX 2
Screen 6 G5 MSX 2
Screen 7 G6 MSX 2
Screen 8 G7 MSX 2

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