[Coco] Color test with CoCo 3

[Bob Devries]

Jim Cox said:
> When I enter CLS (3) I get a blue background which is > expected, but I 
> also get the blue background when I enter CLS (7)  According to the 
> manual, I should get magenta.

I found that this is the case with MESS also.
Is this because of a limitation in the PC monitor? Or is this an error (bug) 
in MESS?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Cox" <jimcox at miba51.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:24 PM
Subject: [Coco] Color test with CoCo 3


> OK, so I am just getting going again with the CoCo and since I have 
> forgotten almost everything I learned about the CoCo, I'm playing around 
> with some of the exercises in the Getting Started with Color Basic.
>
> When I enter CLS (3) I get a blue background which is expected, but I also 
> get the blue background when I enter CLS (7)  According to the manual, I 
> should get magenta.
>
> My system is a CoCo3 (no disk or MPI installed at this time) and Roy's 
> Video adapter routed to a NEC MultiSync XV15.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts on what may be the issue besides operator 
> error :)
>
> Also, if the monitor does not have sound, what is a simple solution for 
> getting sound out of a CoCo3?  I really don't want to run this through my 
> stereo.
>
> Jim
>
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