Re: Why did Woz use the long cycle?

[ferdimh@gmx.de]

>I have no idea what any of the above means.  But the answer to the
>question you asked, "why did Woz...?" probably boils down to component
>count.  As I understand the history of how he designed things -
>simplification was key.  If it could be made to work well enough with
>a simpler design - he did it.

If I am counting right it SAVES a chip! So that can't be the case.

>There would have been no way to compensate for the color shifts.
There would. The phase of COLOR REFERENCE alternates, so all patterns
would need to be shifted half a COLOR REFERENCE period which is
possible even without the half pixel shift.
>Would this also cause vertical lines to look jagged on a monochrome
>monitor?
As long as they're white:no. If they are colored: yes. You're right.
But it would allow single pixel (nearly) white lines.

Ferdinand