Paul Slocum Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 So are some of the B&W/Color switches on all SECAM consoles different from NTSC consoles? A Synthcart user told me when he switches it to B&W, the picture actually changes to black & white. But the Synthcart doesn't support this, so it must be a hardware B&W switch? Is there a hack to install a proper B&W switch? -paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 I thought I heard that the Color/BW switch on SECAM 2600s was hard wired to BW. I guess a SECAM 2600 owner would really need to answer it though. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 The Stella Programmer's Guide claims the switch is hardwired to B&W... Are you sure the guy actually has a legit SECAM console? Or perhaps they released different variations of SECAM consoles? --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted June 11, 2004 Author Share Posted June 11, 2004 It means that from a software perspective, the B&W/Color switch bit is hardwired to B&W. There's still a working B&W/color switch on the console, but it's somehow is hooked up directly to the video output and selects a B&W color palette when you set it to the B&W position, and it doesn't affect the bit that's normally associated with this switch. -paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 It means that from a software perspective' date=' the B&W/Color switch bit is hardwired to B&W. There's still a working B&W/color switch on the console, but it's somehow is hooked up directly to the video output and selects a B&W color palette when you set it to the B&W position, and it doesn't affect the bit that's normally associated with this switch.[/quote']Hmmm...that would mean the map in Starmaster wouldn't come up on those consoles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Hmmm...that would mean the map in Starmaster wouldn't come up on those consoles No, you can use the difficulty switches instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 No' date=' you can use the difficulty switches instead.[/quote']I never knew that I always went off the instructions which stated to use the B/W switch and not to change the difficulty settings during gameplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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