Re: Funky IIgs problem

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article ai123@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Steven J. Tucker) writes...

>My IIgs now only displays monochrome in all the text modes.  When I load
> a game, it comes up in color, but all the text modes and the boot up
> screen are in monochrome!
> 
>If a game goes into a text mode, it flips back to monochrome instantly.  
> 
>I looked in the options, but it is set to Color under Display.  Anyone ever
> have this problem before?
> 
>It's a 01 GS and im using a composite color monitor.

    What you describe is perfectly normal behavior. To display color 
text on an Apple IIgs_requires an RGB monitor, such as the standard
AppleColor RGB (or a compatible). With a color composite monitor on
the machine, in text mode, the foreground, background and border will
will show up as shades of grey rather than color.

    When displaying graphics however, the border will show up in
color on a composite display (both in emulated and native graphic
modes). In any case, an RGB monitor is an absolute requirement if
your running any native software on the machine, especially when
using the 640 mode or displaying color from the 12-bit palette.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca