Re: CRT TV as monitor working backwards

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

KP <kjpmail@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 13, 7:50 pm, Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
>> On Wed, 8 Aug 2012, KP wrote:
>>> I plugged a IIgs composite-out into the composite-in on a 13" CRT
>>> Sharp TV.  Much to my surprise, I was shocked that, when put in
>>> GRAPHICS mode (lo-res, hi-res, any res), the picture is crystal clear
>>> (including the text portion of the screen in GR or HGR mode).
>>> Likewise much to my surprise, I was further shocked that, when put in
>>> TEXT mode, the text is ludicrously fuzzy and blurred.  The latter
>>> effect disappears when I reduce the COLOR setting on the TV to 0.
>> 
>>> See, I thought that the composite out was supposed to be super clear
>>> in text mode, and that it was the graphics modes that were supposed to
>>> struggle.
>> 
>> I thought it was text that was the problem.  The Apple II did 40
>> characters, I thought that was a deliberate decision because the average
>> tv set would have problems with 80 columns.  You need to tell the
>> difference between an "8" and a "B" and so on, which requires sharp
>> characters.  Graphics is different, they can blend together and you still
>> see them, though I suspect they aren't generally as small as characters so
>> the issue isn't there.
>> 
>>     Michael
> 
> The TV in question has NO problems whatsoever with text mode coming
> out of a //e.  The problems with text mode are SOLELY with the IIgs.

Then the problem is the IIgs's non-Apple II way of generating its composite
output. 

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