Re: Color on a IIe?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Terry & Utahna replied:

>"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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>> Terry & Utahna asked:
>>
>> >When I run Applesoft programs on my GS, the graphics are in color...when
>I
>> >run them on the IIe, it's in b/w...what's wrong?
>>
>> Tell us a little more about your setup, particularly your //e setup.
>>
>> Does the color monitor on the //e have color disabled by means of a
>> front-panel switch?  ;-)
>
>nope...got it plugged into the video input of my big screen television...not
>much else to tell about the IIe setup...that I know of...

I've encountered this problem before.  It was caused by the Apple crystal
oscillator(/4) being just enough off the standard color burst frequency
that a TV set didn't see it as a color signal.  In a perfect world, the burst
frequency is 3.5879545MHz, with a little wiggle room, but some older
Apples have drifted enough that they won't work with a modern TV.

You might want to try it with another TV or a composite monitor just
to see if another set is more forgiving.

If none of them produce color, it may still be the oscillator, or it may
be that the //e has failed in an interesting way that kills the color burst
in its video signal.

-michael

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