Re: Can the IIgs output colour on its composite monitor output?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

ralmin <xbiber@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> > I had my GS plugged into a TV with composite monitor
> > connections and I played many games in color on it.
> > You just won't get the Super Hi Res modes which are
> > only available on the AppleColor RGB monitor for
> > the GS.  I found one cheap at a thrift store.
> 
> Does the GS/OS Finder use Super Hi Res mode? That does display but like
> everything else it's in greyscale.

Yes, the Finder does use Super Hi-res mode.

As you are in Australia, the problem is almost certainly that your
composite monitor is expecting a PAL colour source (like the UK/Aus/NZ
version of the IIe and IIc).

There has never been a PAL version of the IIgs - its composite output
uses the NTSC colour system.

Since the colour system is wrong, the closest the monitor can get to the
correct display is to show the black and white component of the video
signal (luminance).