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Re:Breaking copy protection on a 1983 game for Apple 2 by DerekL on Friday August 25, 2023 @08:07PM (#37268574)
This is a limitation of the NTSC composite signal. Eighty columns of text will never be readable through a composite connection, no matter how good the monitor is.
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Re:Breaking copy protection on a 1983 game for Apple 2 by ddingus on Saturday August 26, 2023 @12:04AM (#37269849)
Well, that is true for a color signal.

Monochrome monitors take composite and can deliver 600 lines or so,

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