Re: Apple ][ to VGA monitor adapter board - looking for best color decoding method

[ferdimh@gmx.de]

On 9 Apr., 23:55, sicklittlemonkey <Nick.Westg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 10, 12:39 am, ferd...@gmx.de wrote:
>
> > The old "method 1" is still available! It will always be enabled in
> > LORES and it can be enabled in (D)HIRES. I'm still wondering whether I
> > should set "stripes" or "no stripes" as default. I actually prefer
> > "stripes", but others may not. POKE 49395,0 is all you need to select
> > the "method 1" and this setting will be kept forever until you turn
> > your apple off.
>
> Well, if the vote starts now, I vote "no stripes".
>
> Again, did an Apple II card ever do the stripes?
> Why would somebody want it that way?
>
The reason is crispiness. When I'm sitting in front of a VGA monitor I
expect the picture to be extremely crisp. But with the "method 1" it
is blurry and one sees HUGE pixels. This might not be objectionable on
the Photo, but it's true...
It is perfect for LORES. In HIRES/DHIRES it depends. Diagrams etc
drawn in HIRES absolutely need either the "stripe" mode or monochrome
(the latter is bad for color graphics though ;-) ). If you have a
monochrome monitor, look at it. That's where the stripes come from.
They're always output via composite video, but a TV blurs them, so
that they can't be seen.

Ferdinand