[Coco] *real* artifact colors / F2 alternate color set

[Roger Taylor]

At 01:40 PM 7/5/2004, you wrote:
>--- Roger Taylor <rtaylor at bayou.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
>On the CoCo3 you always get Red/Blue... hold down F1 and press reset to get
>Blue/Red (and black on purple 32 col text screen).


My question is, has anybody ever figured out the REAL meaning behind the F2 
option which switches in the "alternate" color set?

Could this be related ANY to the rumoured 256-color mode?



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Roger Taylor