Re: Let's pay a developer to make a VGA output card

["js@cimmeri.com" <js@cimmeri.com>]

Alex Freed wrote:
> I'm not so sure. A number of existing emulators look quite good.
> Take a look at my FPGApple site - the "karateka" picture is an example
> of how it looks on a VGA screen.
>
> Mono is a no-brainer. So is the lo-res. It's the hi-res color graphics
> that is not so trivial. For example a part of the screen that has "solid
> color" in fact has every OTHER pixel on (normal hi-res mode on 2e). So
> should the VGA display a real solid color or (as I did) have odd pixels
> turned off?

Hi Alex,

   Your Karateka screen shot shows very nicely what the quandary is.
I'm in the camp that would prefer solid color.. as experienced on a
composite monitor.   Your results are superior but similar to what I'm
getting with the Highway RGB-> VGA converter when I boot into the GSOS
desktop (where I get the same lines but also beat / sample clock
shadows *surmised by Michael. M*).

   I suppose having odd pixels turned off can be viewed as a visual
style... and some might prefer it.    Would it be possible to light up
the same number of pixels in order to get the same approximate fatness
of pixels on an early monitor, thus solid color?

    Btw, your FPGA Apple accomplishment is mind blowing to me, and I
wish to offer you my highest praise (for what little that is worth).
I also wish I could do stuff like that.  :-)