Re: Color monitor with ][ Europlus

[david@wraith.cs.uow.edu.au (David E A Wilson)]

schregle@Pluto (Roland Schregle) writes:
>Hello and help! :)
>But seriously... I got an Apple ][ europlus and now I'm trying to hook it
>up to a color monitor, only all output is dithered mono (configured for a
>b&w display) on the composite output!

Sounds like you do not have a PAL colour card in slot 7 (or your monitor
is not plugged into it).

>There's no switch as on the //e to
>configure it for color display, and the manual doesn't help either!

That is because the only difference between an Apple ][+ and a EuroPlus is
a slight change in the crystal frequency and the change to some jumpers on
the motherboard to select 50Hz instead of 60Hz video.

The generation of PAL colour is done on a seperate card plugged into slot 7.
On the PAL //e motherboard this card was built into the motherboard.

>There's the auxiliary output (for the RF modulator?) 4-pin connector on the
>upper right, and an unknown 2-pin connector below it (NOT the single pin
>connector for the fixed level signal as mentioned in the manual). Then
>there's a mysterious 4-pin connector on the bottom left which is not
>documented or marked on the board. Infact, I think the manual is for the
>original ][, not the ][ plus...

>The board revision number is 820-0044-C. Anyone know how to configure it for
>color?

Without the PAL card you will not get colour out of your system (the change
to the main crystal will prevent NTSC colour as well).
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David Wilson	Dept CompSci Uni Wollongong Australia	david@cs.uow.edu.au