Re: //c and a messed up picture.

[msc1983@mac.com (Matthew Carpenter)]

In article <msc1983-2103021737210001@192.168.1.101>, msc1983@mac.com
(Matthew Carpenter) wrote:

> Hello,
> 
>    Today I was trying to use a //c which I recently got running with an
> old NEC video monitor I had used prior on a C64.   When I hooked it up
> with one video cable the picture would not show on the screen unless I
> pulled up on the plug on the //c's end of the video cable.  With another
> cable I found that the parts where there was nothing but text would be
> blurry unless I messed with the cable connection.  When a part with
> graphics came up, both the text and the graphics would look fine, but as
> soon as it went from a screen with graphics and text to just text it would
> go blurry and I would have to jiggle the connection again to get the text
> to be easier to read.  I'm wondering why it would behave this way.

Hello,

   After I found that a second cable worked a little better, I
rememembered that I had an Apple Color Composite Video cable in a drawer
somewhere.  I found it and put it in place of the other cable I had been
using and it worked great.

Thanks to those who have responded to my post.
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