[Coco] Will the *real* artifact colors please stand up?

[Shawn Hedgecorth]

The artifact colors do show up on the CoCo 3 if you are using a TV (or
composite monitor I believe). With the CoCo 3 however, it is not random. On
the games that ask you to reset until you get the right color, when you
press reset it will always show the same color. If you press F1 (I think
that's the right key) while resetting, it will change the color.

Shawn Hedgecorth
 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Date: 07/05/04 13:11:05
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] Will the *real* artifact colors please stand up?
 
At 11:48 AM 7/5/2004, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>
>You partially answered your own question when you said  "...depending on
the
>CoCo's mood". You may have noticed that there are quite a few games that
>will have a red or blue box and tell you to press reset until the correct
>color is displayed. It is all a matter of timing. The patterns are the same
>for red and blue or purple and green, it just depends on when the pixels
are
>placed on the screen.
 
 
I always thought of the random red/blue artifact issue as a bug in the CoCo
1/2 video.  I'm not sure if the CoCo 3 has the same problem. If it does,
then the GIME is probably emulating this by using a random generator.
 
 
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Roger Taylor
 
 
 
 
 
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