Re: Mockingboard output through IIgs internal speaker?

["Hidehiko Ogata" <hog@aqu.candybar.ne.jp>]

Jeff Blakeney wrote:

> >On a related note, why is it that the text color setting in the control
> >panel affects composite video output only "in monochrome"? (I presume
> >it's doing RGB fine?)
>
> If you have an RGB monitor connected to the RGB port of your IIgs then
> the output will always be crisp and clear regardless of what colours
> are being used.  However, if you are using the composite video out on
> the IIgs then the colour bleeding can often make text impossible to
> read.  Especially if you are viewing the Super Hi-Res screens such as
> a 640x200 desktop.  By selecting the monochrome display option in the
> control panel you are killing the colour on the composite video out
> and therefore getting a nice crisp and clear image on your composite
> monitor.

Okay, now I'm officially intrigued :).

I'm aware of the RGB v.s. composite issue, but the thing is, the good-
ol' text mode (like that of the control panel itself) seems to be always
in monochrome, even when the display option is set to "color".  The
_shading_ (luma) of text does change according to the color choice, yet
it's still in B&W.

OTOH, the mixed-mode text (and all the graphic images for that matter)
does behave as you described... maybe that's how it is?  Or is there a
software switch to enable chroma signal in the text mode?
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