[net.micro.pc] Problem with colour adapter card

peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley) (06/29/83)

I seem to recall there being a standard problem with early PC's having to
do with the colour burst.  4 months ago, my PC was capable of putting a
reasonable low-res coloured picture out through an RF modulator.  I normally
use a B/W monitor, but I checked out the colour again recently and found
it missing, so I wonder if I've fallen victim to the aforementioned problem.
Coloured text appears on my B/W monitor (and on my TV) as text painted with
an underlying pattern; i.e. certain columns are not on, depending on the
colour.
  By altering the colour adjust on the mother board, I can get violet
tinging to the text and graphics on the TV, but no true colours.
  Thanks in advance for any tips on this problem.

   peter rowley, U. Toronto CSRG,  utcsrgv!peterr@UW-BEAVER   (ARPANet)
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