23 May
2015
23 May
'15
10:45 a.m.
Getting an acceptable combination of crisp 80-column
text and proper color
aliasing from a converter is decidedly non-trivial. I own one of just
about every commercially available (and hobby) converters and precisely
none of them provides a universal solution. Some give great displays from
an Amiga and suck for anything else. Of my two (pricey) CVP CM-345S
converters, only one provides useable display from an Apple IIGS. My
GBBS-8220 can occasionally be coaxed into giving a solid display from a
Color Computer 3. The list goes on...
Given that the OP is planning on using an FPGA in his converter (not surpisingly),
is the solution to have different configuration files for different machines? So the
setup for an Apple ][ is optimised for its aliased colour, while that for a BBC micro
handles 80 column text a bit better
-tony