[Coco] More colors on CoCo 1?

John Kowalski sock at axess.com
Wed Jan 24 14:14:24 EST 2007


At 11:27 AM 24/01/2007 -0600, Sock Master wrote:
   
>The "::::::::" in line 60 is for timing purposes to help switching between
>PMODE3 screens on alternating video frames.  The CoCo is expected to be in
>slow (.89Mhz) mode.
>I only tried this on my CoCo3.  There may be timing differences on the
>CoCo2 that muck up the screen switch timing.  :(  If so, try to adjust it
>so that it cleanly switches between both PMODE3 screens each alternating
>video field.  PAL systems would probably need a number of extra :::s added.

It seems the timing does get mucked up on my CoCo 2.  Fortunately, you can
still get the idea of what it ought to look like simply by holding down any
key (spacebar is good).  That seems to alter the timing just enough to make
it sync with video again.

                                         John Kowalski (Sock Master)
                                         http://www.axess.com/twilight/sock/




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