Date   : Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:01:56 +0000
From   : philb@... (Phil Blundell)
Subject: Issue 1 versus issue 2 of Master 128?

On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 22:28 +0100, Rick Murray wrote:
> Out of interest, is there an actual technical reason why colour was not 
> enabled in the first place on the Beebs and Masters?

Adding chroma information to a composite signal causes a reduction in
image quality.  I think the expectation was that anybody who wanted
colour would be using the RGB output and hence it was more desirable to
keep the composite as a high-resolution mono signal.

p.