[Coco] Documentation of "complex" artifacting (i.e. more than black/white/blue/red)?

John W. Linville linville at tuxdriver.com
Fri May 21 17:05:41 EDT 2010


Are there any articles in Rainbow or similar CoCo-oriented publications
that documented use of "complex" artifacting for producing additional
colors (e.g. purple, green, etc) with a CoCo?  Can anyone refer me
to one?

There was a thread on the list back in July of 2004 that touched on the
issue, but other than some sample programs for testing there wasn't
much discussion of the technique or how to exploit it.  It looks
to me that unlike the "simple" artifacting (which exploits the NTSC
color signal itself), "complex" artifacting relies on the physical
characteristics of a CRT display and possibly on some sloppiness in
the video hardware on the CoCo itself...?

Anyway, if you have any more concrete info on this mode I'd love to
see it.  The technique is supported in the MESS source code, but it
is a bit indecipherable... :-(

John
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