Re: Apple IIe TV output quality

[Cyril Thibout <info@pulsar-informatique.com>]

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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> thanks
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> cyril

I must add that in 80 col mode what I mean by 'unreadable characters' is that the last column for each character is missing. This problem doesn't occur in 40 col mode