Re: [cc65] C128 colors ?

From: Groepaz <groepaz1gmx.net>
Date: 2010-07-27 15:14:18
On Dienstag 27 Juli 2010, Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote:
> > My problem is that using VICE in C64 and C128 mode the colors look
> > VERY different. Now I'm wondering if this is a VICE issue or rather
> > "the reality".
> 
> The colors do look different in reality. 40 and 80 columns are handled by
>  two completely different video chips in the C128. As far as I know,
>  Commodore mapped the 80 column colors so that they vaguely resembled the
>  ones from the VIC chip, but this didn't work too well.

yep, to make it complete, the colors are the CGA RGBI palette as seen here: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Graphics_Adapter#With_an_RGBI_monitor

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