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Commodore 128 => Herdware => Topic started by: Mark Smith on February 21, 2008, 07:21 PM

Title: Can the VIC output be cleaned up ?
Post by: Mark Smith on February 21, 2008, 07:21 PM
Anyone know if there is a way to clean up the stripey lines that get output with the VIC video ?  I chalk it up to the character of the machine, but be nice to know if there is a hack to clean them up.

Mark

Title: Re: Can the VIC output be cleaned up ?
Post by: StyleCHM on February 21, 2008, 09:13 PM
Apparently not. I think someone was saying that its internal to the VIC-II. Apparently even some c64s suffer from it.

I dont understand why the C128s seem worse - maybe just the chip run?
Title: Re: Can the VIC output be cleaned up ?
Post by: Andrew Wiskow on February 22, 2008, 03:16 PM
Quote from: Mark Smith on February 21, 2008, 07:21 PM
Anyone know if there is a way to clean up the stripey lines that get output with the VIC video ?  I chalk it up to the character of the machine, but be nice to know if there is a hack to clean them up.

Mark



You can get rid of those lines... just use RF output...   ;)

-Andrew
Title: Re: Can the VIC output be cleaned up ?
Post by: RobertB on February 22, 2008, 04:10 PM
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on February 22, 2008, 03:16 PMYou can get rid of those lines... just use RF output...   ;)
Or turn down the sharpness on the monitor.  ;-)

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Title: Re: Can the VIC output be cleaned up ?
Post by: Golan Klinger on February 28, 2008, 06:15 PM
Those lines are the bane of my existence. They're the only thing about that 128 that irritates me. There has to be a way to resolve the issue. Does anyone know what causes the lines exactly? Maybe there is a hardware hack that can be done to reduce the problem.
Title: Re: Can the VIC output be cleaned up ?
Post by: StyleCHM on April 13, 2008, 10:49 PM
Actually I wonder if Bil could weigh in on this topic - would be interesting to hear where he thinks the bug originates from....
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