[SOLVED] 800XL Black and White Image

lavalamp · Postby **lavalamp** » Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:03 pm

Hi,

Its been a Iong time since I fired up an 800XL (PAL). I tried it first using the RF Out which produces the normal blue background booted in basic on a TV.

I scored a Mercury CRT Monitor and bought a Monitor to SCART cable for the XL. When fired up the image is completely dark and dim. Barely visible. I then discovered a RGB/STATUS button on the back of the mercury that resulted in the image appearing, but B&W when booted.

Is this a cable fault or is it possible the monitor is NTSC? It shouldnt be, but its doesnt state what it is.

:shrug:

Cheers!

lavalamp · Postby **lavalamp** » Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:48 pm

It turns out I did have a NTSC monitor :roll:

But I have a new issue, do I have a faulty ANTIC chip in my XL?

lavalamp · Postby **lavalamp** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:38 am

Happy to report that replacing the GTIA chip fixed the issue.

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