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Book "Understanding the Apple IIe" - PAL encoder schematic?



Hello all,

I wonder if maybe somebody in this group owns the book by James Sather,
"Understanding the Apple IIe" - ISBN: 0-8359-8019-7.

This book (which unfortunately I do not own nor have access to) is
supposed to be the only source where a schematic of the PAL Apple //e's
mainboard circuit for PAL color encoding can be found. I'd really like
to get a hold of this one, so if you own the book and a scanner, you'd
be sure of my eternal gratitude if you could scan in that schematic and
mail it to me (the "From:" address works) or put it up somewhere on the
net.

I do have the schematic of the separate PAL encoder card for Slot 7, as
used in the IIeuroplus, but it seems the two are not exactly identical.

The reason I ask is because the TV set I use as a monitor has a color
detector that's overly sensitive, it detects the presence of a (very
weak) color signal even when the Apple is in text mode. The result is a
total smearing of the image in text mode (while it is fine and colorful
in graphics mode, and in mixed mode the four lines of text at the
bottom are also fine+dandy). So every time I use text mode I have to
zap through a row of menus on my remote to turn color saturation to
zero... then turn it back up when I use a graphical program.

I plan to modify the Apple so that the color carrier quartz is shut
down for good, e.g. with a little relay-based circuit, when the apple
is in text mode. Short-circuiting the quartz with the blade of a
screwdriver did remove the smear, so I figure I could automate that
with a small relay and a bit of relay-driving cicuitry.

I'd be grateful for any help.

Thank you,

-- 
Linards Ticmanis