Re: Mac II Video Glitches

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From: Larry Rosenstein
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1987 17:13

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In article <4222@iuvax.UUCP> viking@iuvax.UUCP (Jon W. Backstrom) writes:
>
>I didn't notice it until I upgraded the Mac II to 5 Mb of memory.  After
>that, if I used *any* video mode with more than 2 colors, I get an
>interesting video artifact...
>
>A CLOCK!!  If I use the 4 color mode, I can see a tiny clock with full

This indicates a program that is writing directly to the screen.  The your
monitor is set of more than 2 colors/grays, then the code which writes
directly to the screen will not work properly because the display memory is
organized differently.  

You will see this effect in other places (eg, MacPaint).  Until the
offending program is updated, there is nothing you can do but change your
screen to 2 color mode.

-- 
Larry Rosenstein

Object Specialist
Apple Computer

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Subject: Re: Mac II Video Glitches
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Date: Mon, 2-Nov-87 12:13:18 EST
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