[Coco] Another question on a mystery 256 color GIME mode?

[Bruce Calkins]

O.K. Now, Could the "composite kludge" have overwritten the 256 color mode?

> I personally believe the 256 color mode is available only under composite
> video out only. Bear this in mind....
>
> According to "Mr.X", the GIME was originally designed to be RGB only.
Tandy
> asked for composite to be added in so that the CoCo3's price point was
lower
> by negating the need to purchase the RGB monitor and therefore putting it
at
> a lower "game computer" starting price point that the Tandy 1000. This is
> why the composite color mapping is different to RGB. The composite was
> "kludged" in later. I therefore suspect that the composite circuitry has
> something to do with the 256 color mode due to this "kludge".