Re: Weird/Missing colors on my Apple //e...

["IceMan" <toomuch@spam.here>]

    Linards,

    yes there is just one switch under the front, which changes the # (hash)
character with the UK � (pound) sign.

    I have been able to get my VGA adapter to display "PAL" instead of
"SECAM" by tweaking the varicap on the motherboard (color synch). However,
this did not change the colors: green and red seem to be nowhere while blue
and brown are present.

    I have an old CRT PAL monitor, which I used with my Amiga 500 - it has a
standard SCART input. I will solder on an RCA so I can use the Composite IN
(the SCART cable for the Amiga only uses RGB and H/Vsync) and see if that
monitor will yield the correct colors - I guess that's the best I can try
for now.

    Luke

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"Linards Ticmanis" <ticmanis@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> IceMan wrote:
>
> >     FYI my board is labeled Apple IIe P.A.L. (c) 1982 and the AUX socket
is
> > inline with slot N.3, not to it's side as most of the ones I have seen
(and
> > it supports lower case with the shift lock). Additionally, above the
> > mono/colour (SW1) switch there is a varicap, 2 pots and an 4.433619MHz
Xtal.
>
> This is the Euroapple IIe for sure. Does it have a switch below the
> front edge too that switches the keyboard and character set between the
> US and localized variants? If yes, it is 100% the Euroapple. The
> resulting video signal is pretty much standard PAL but with unusually
> high amounts of near-NTSC "noise" in it which might well confuse
> multistandard equipment.
>
> -- 
> Linards Ticmanis