Re: Trackstar video problem.

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Frank Townsend writes ...
> 
> "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
> 20040531004235.19841.00000269@mb-m02.aol.com">news:20040531004235.19841.00000269@mb-m02.aol.com...
> > Frank Townsend wrote:
> >
> > >Has anyone gotten an Apple composite monitor to work with a Trackstar?
> If
> > >so, which one?
> >
> > The Trackstar video output is the same as the Apple II composite video
> > output (the RCA connector).
> 
> That's what I thought too.  But no luck.  The setup is such that the CGA
> output from the x86 computer goes into a CGA input on the Trackstar.  The
> Trackstar then can output either CGA or composite.
> 
> Using the composite out, I can see a somewhat distorted Windows 31. screen.
> When I exit Windows, there is so much rolling of the image that I can't
> control it with the hold adjustments.
> 
> My video card is a Renaisance Rendition II 1990 card which has a VGA output
> and a 9 pin RGB output.
> 
> The FAQ mentions something that is wrong with Trackstar composite output
> which is why I asked the question.
> 
> .. snip ..


     Don't know what, if any, impact on the composite display there may be
from plugging in CGA to the TrackStar.

     The snag I ran into was that the TrackStar (IIe) composite output level
was too high. Couldn't get a decent display on an Amdek Color-1. One old 
monochrome monitor had an input level adjustment which helped; so, the mod was
added to let the user adjust output level of the TrackStar.

     Now, the colors are nice a sharp; but, the colors are still not correct.
They may even be reversed.



Rubywand