[Color Computer] Re: [Coco] Hidden 256-color mode

[James Diffendaffer]

If they left the mode in the die but the control line(s) for intensity
off of the chip it should still have a 64 color mode with the
intensity bits ignored.  ;)

>> The possibilies I see are:
>> yyyyyrgb - 8 colors with 32 levels of intensity
>> yyrrggbb - 64 colors with 4 levels of intensity
>> 
>> I think the last one makes the most sense and would be most usefull
>> for games.  It still works within the 64 color palette of the CoCo
>> but with intensity.
>
> Now, that is an interesting idea...  I wonder if they might have
> just hooked the two intensity bits to some video amps that might
> then have been left-out of the final board design?  Well, it's an
> idea anyway... :-)
>
> I don't suppose there are any unused (or otherwise likely) pins on
> the GIME?  Probably not...
>
> John
> -- 
> John W. Linville






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