Re: Mystery (was Apple //e w/o Color)

[georg_renelt@my-deja.com]

hi rubywand,

> Was just wondering the same thing. It looks like a new, unrelated
> thread was kind of grafted onto your question.

i think, my isp is responsible for this. i also didn't get the
important replies (from you and david wilson) using the direct way. as
you can see, i'm now with deja ;)

> Regarding the no-color problem, are you sure you have a PAL-compatible
> monitor?  (One check would be to see how the monitor works displaying
> video from a PAL VCR.)

i'm sure i have ;) 1. i used the composite input on my vcr/tv-set. 2.
another //e is working fine with this.

> If you are sure the monitor works correctly with PAL color and that it
> is set to display color, then, suspicion falls upon the cable
> connecting the monitor to the //e and the //e itself. A cable which
> acts like a heavy capacitive load or one which has a high resistance
> in the signal path might kill the Color signal.

3. i used the same cable on both //es - one is working with full color,
the other's not.

> Otherwise, the problem may be a messed up Color/Mono switch or a
> socketed IC which has some pins which are making poor contact. (You
> could try scootching up and resocketing any socketed IC's.)

i'm going to try this and will post the result ;)

georg


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