MODE 7 DISPLAY UNIT

"You can print all teletext characters, colours and graphics on the Mode 7 screen and you can even poke it directly if you wish. As a test I borrowed half a dozen BBC discs from the Micro User team and booted them up on the Electron. They all worked. In fact, no matter how they were written - legally or illegally - they produced a perfect display every time." - Roland Waddilove, Electron User, August 1987

What It Does

The JAFA SYSTEMS MODE 7 DISPLAY UNIY is a large 34cm x 9cm x 5cm expansion for the Acorn Electron. It connects to the edge connector of the Acorn Electron or the ACORN PLUS 3.

Within the unit are the chips identical to those used within the BBC B and Master 128 series for the low-memory Mode 7 Teletext displays. These were not included in the Acorn Electron when released, and Electron owners were subsequently envious of this extra 'Mode' which their BBC-owning friends had access to. BBC games which used Mode 7 produced odd displays on the Acorn Electron.

The Jafa Systems Mode 7 Display Unit provides conntectors for output to a television or a CUB-style monitor. Intriguingly, when this unit is connected, Acornsoft and Adventure International games run in Mode 7. Adventure games for the BBC designed in Mode 7 (e.g. those by Level 9 Software) also now run on the Electron.