# HG changeset patch # User Paul Boddie # Date 1367271113 -7200 # Node ID 49d2d60054a169a0113d80bc0f87d9d9499be2d6 # Parent c7970b37736f303c4989d02dde98a67202ededf3 Added some clarifications about the implementation of an expanded palette. diff -r c7970b37736f -r 49d2d60054a1 Electron.txt --- a/Electron.txt Sun Apr 28 22:53:21 2013 +0200 +++ b/Electron.txt Mon Apr 29 23:31:53 2013 +0200 @@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ ------------------------------ Perhaps the simplest improvement to the display capabilities would be to -permit the RGB output levels to "float" between the current TTL high and low -states, presumably enforced by various circuits. This would permit the choice -of colours beyond the primary and secondary colour selection at a cost of some -extra palette bits in the ULA and an adjustment to the board circuitry. +permit the RGB output levels to hold intermediate values between the current +high and low states, presumably enforced by various circuits. This would +permit the choice of colours beyond the primary and secondary colour selection +at a cost of some extra palette bits in the ULA and an adjustment to the board +circuitry and would only benefit UHF and colour composite video displays, but +the latter limitation might not be a significant issue for the majority of the +intended audience. diff -r c7970b37736f -r 49d2d60054a1 ULA.txt --- a/ULA.txt Sun Apr 28 22:53:21 2013 +0200 +++ b/ULA.txt Mon Apr 29 23:31:53 2013 +0200 @@ -370,7 +370,10 @@ blue outputs or a combined intensity output), another approach might involve some kind of modulation where an output value might be encoded in multiple pulses at a higher frequency than the pixel frequency. However, this would -demand additional circuitry outside the ULA. +demand additional circuitry outside the ULA, and component RGB monitors would +probably not be able to take advantage of this feature; only UHF and composite +video devices (the latter with the composite video colour support enabled on +the Electron's circuit board) would potentially benefit. Flashing Colours ----------------