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Re: Apple IIe TV output quality
Le dimanche 30 décembre 2012 00:22:48 UTC+1, Cyril Thibout a écrit :
> Le samedi 29 décembre 2012 20:30:56 UTC+1, Cyril Thibout a écrit :
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> > I just purchased an Apple IIe (rev B, PAL, 80col card) on ebay and tried to connect it on a flat TV composite input.
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> > Wile in Hires the image is perfect, in text mode the background is greenish with parasites. in 80 col mode I can barely read the characters.
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> > Is that normal? Should I use an old TV (non flat) ?
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> > I must add that on the green monochrom monitor the text mode is perfect in 40 col mode. in 80 col mode on the monitor the characters are somewhow truncated.
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> > Should I check some components?
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> > any idea please?
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> > cyril
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> Hi again
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> I see nothing on the card itself. it is an 'APE Systemes" 80 Column card. Is there some troubleshooting guide somewhere ?
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> may be I should turn some screws on the motherboard itself ?
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> cyril
actually only one character out of two has its last pixel column missing. This is not due to the monitor since the TV has the very same problem.
Has anybody already saw such a problem?
thanks
cyril