bird@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Walters) (03/13/89)
When I boot up FONTRIX (a program that displays images on the HI-RES screen) on my IIgs and load in a GRAFFILE I made years ago on my //e, the lines of the drawing and text are almost impossible to read because they are made up from different colored pieces. Thinking this might be a problem with my equipment, I went to the local Apple dealer and experienced the same problem using their Apple IIgs. They told me that it is a software problem. Since I have the "latest" FONTRIX, that did not make me a happy camper. I have seen this problem on a number of my older programs and would like to know if there is a way to either fix the IIgs or the software. -- Joe Walters att!ihlpf!bird IHP 1F-240 (312) 416-5356
dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah) (03/14/89)
In article <7940@ihlpf.ATT.COM> bird@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Walters) writes: >When I boot up FONTRIX (a program that displays images on the >HI-RES screen) on my IIgs and load in a GRAFFILE I made years ago >on my //e, the lines of the drawing and text are almost impossible >to read because they are made up from different colored pieces. > >Thinking this might be a problem with my equipment, I went to the >local Apple dealer and experienced the same problem using their >Apple IIgs. They told me that it is a software problem. Since I >have the "latest" FONTRIX, that did not make me a happy camper. > Joe Walters att!ihlpf!bird > IHP 1F-240 (312) 416-5356 Software problem, my a**. Did you use a monochrome monitor with your IIe? The color you are seeing is an inherent "feature" of the Apple II hires screen. In the Apple II Classic Hires Screen, color of a pixel was determined by its horizontal POSITION and the "High bit" of the associated byte. On a monochrome monitor, color translates to more horizontal resolution. If you are working with Apple II Classic Hires in color, you have an effective 140(horizontal)x192 resolution. If you are working in monochrome, you get 280x192 res. If you are into blinding eyestrain, you can squeeze limited 560x192 resolution out of the monochrome monitor. The color problems you are experiencing with your IIGS would also be observable on a IIe equipped with a composite color monitor, except they would be a little fuzzier. The IIGSs amazing RGB monitor merely reproduces this "feature" very very well! You can also see color problems with Dazzle Draw. According to the manual, Dazzle Draw tweaks its colors to look their sharpest on a composite color monitor. The tweaking comes out as nasty color fringes on the GS. If you want to eliminate the problem, you can dig up an old monochrome monitor, or print your graffile everytime you want to read it :> | <<<<<(((((( DAVE SEAH ))))))>>>>> | Internet: dseah@wpi.wpi.edu | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Bitnet: dseah@wpi.bitnet | Computer Engineering Class of '90 | ALink PE: Omnitreant
jearls@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Johnson Michael Earls) (03/14/89)
In article <7940@ihlpf.ATT.COM> bird@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Walters) writes: >When I boot up FONTRIX (a program that displays images on the >HI-RES screen) on my IIgs and load in a GRAFFILE I made years ago >on my //e, the lines of the drawing and text are almost impossible >to read because they are made up from different colored pieces. > Try going to the control panel under display and setting it to Monochrome. This should work on a composite monitor; I'm not sure for an RGB... > Joe Walters att!ihlpf!bird > IHP 1F-240 (312) 416-5356 ___________________________________________________________ (~~~~) / \ ( 0 0 ) | Johnson Earls - jearls@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU | (| > |) ___/ - jearls@polyslo.UUCP | ( \__/ ) <___ - ..!ucbvax!voder!polyslo!jearls | (____) \_____________________________________________________________/