Re: Mystery (was Apple //e w/o Color)

[russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)]

In article <39BE9C28.2D403FD6@swbell.net>,
Rubywand  <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
}"Matthew T. Russotto" writes ...
}> 
}> In article <8pd2k1$cgb$1@merope.saaf.se>,
}> Paul Schlyter <pausch@saafNOSPAM.se> wrote:
}> }
}> }Such a cable would also kill the finer detail of the B&W signal, making
}> }the image appear fuzzy.
}> 
}> I once had a really hard time trying to figure out why I got no color
}> on the TV I had connected to the Apple II -- turns out the cable
}> wasn't even connected.  How's that for a capacitive load? :-)
} ....
}
}     It would be a very light capacitive load! A few nights ago I nearly took
}apart a 'defective' joystick before remembering the emulator had been set to
}swap in mouse inputs. (On such occasions have you ever thought to yourself:
}Suppose it had worked, anyway?)

I think you misunderstand.  It DID work -- aside from the lack of color, the
picture was normal.  And you wonder why the FCC wasn't particularly
happy about RF modulators :-)
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Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
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