Date   : Sun, 10 May 2015 19:27:21 +0100
From   : julianbrown99@... (Julian Brown)
Subject: The mythical chunky graphics mode

On 10 May 2015@..., Stephen Harris <lists@...> wrote:

> On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 06:49:42PM +0100, Julian Brown wrote:
> > 10 MODE4
> > 20 VDU23,0,12,&28,0,0,0,0,0,0
> > 30 FOR A%=&7C00 TO &7FFF
> > 40 ?A%=255
> > 50 NEXT
>
> I tried this on an issue 4 model B, with the RGB connection sent via
> an Extron DVS 204 to a 19" LCD monitor using VGA input, and on a Master
> 128 with RGB connection sent via a GBS-8200 to a 17" LCD monitor using
> VGA input.
>
> In both cases I got a solid white screen.
>
> I wonder if there's something about the composite output vs RGB...
>

Cool, thanks for testing! Yeah, I wondered about whether using the RGB
output would make any difference (though I haven't dug out my old Cub to
check). That's an interesting data point!

Julian