Re: 6569 luminances

From: Marko Mäkelä <msmakela_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 00:08:26 +0300
Message-ID: <20120513210826.GB6340@x220>
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 04:52:06PM +0200, silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:
>http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/documents/chipdata/656x-luminances.gif

That image was derived by Philip Timmermann from my measurements of the 
video signal with an oscilloscope:

http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/documents/chipdata/656x-luminances.txt

I used the same mainboard and exchanged video chips on it. I probably 
used something like POKE53280,x:POKE53281,x to change the colour.

>It seems that the R3 displays colours noticeably brighter than R4 for 
>example (I remain at PAL only) although it seems to be better (more 
>uniformly) distributed in the higher range in R3, R4 seems to be doing 
>better in the lower (darker) range. Also seems to me, only by looking 
>at the picture in question, that R5 is a sort of compromise between R3 
>and R4. Now, has anyone on the list a chance to test this in practice 
>and say (very subjectively of course) which "looks best in real life 
>applications"?

Yes, you should have a chance, given that I gave you (or Ruud) my 
collection of VIC-II chips a couple of years ago.

	Marko

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