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Re: Apple //e's inverted screen?



Bryan Parkoff wrote:
>     Okay, lets say if ALTVID' has low signal.  Will the screen be inverted
> including inverted 16 colors?

No. As I said - if ALTVID' is low, the video will be high (white if
ALTVID' is low for at least 2/7 of a microsecond).

>  Will it show white border in the top, bottom,
> left, and right margin?

The margins are normally black due to the signal WINDW' (aux-7) from
the IOU chip driving OE' on the chargen. As ALTVID' is connected after
the LS166 parallel->serial chip this means that ALTVID' can even
override the black margins. So yes, you can use ALTVID' to make the
margin white.

>  Is it possible to wire ALTVID's pin to AN2.  I would leave ENVID signal alone.

Yes but as the fastest you can turn it on or off would be every 4
machine cycles the shortest line you could make would be 28 hires
pixels (4 characters) wide.