Using this ULA clone the standard QL video outputs will work as before but to see the new colors a new mixer is needed and so new video connector is needed for the 16 colors mode. For that the most practical solution is to use the RF RCA connector by de-soldering the rf wire and soldering the new composite video signal in it's place.

JP2 is the composite video output and use a shielded wire to connect it to a RCA (could be the QL's rf output one) or BNC connector.  The trimmer capacitor must be adjusted to obtain the best picture quality.

To enter the 16color mode: poke 98401,1

To load the commands use the tk2 command:  lrespr colsubs

The first command is PLOT x,y,col sets the point at x,y to color col. x,y take values 0..255, left down corner is 0,0 and col = 0..15

The second is COLSUBS x1,y1,x2,y2,col that replaces pixels with color col in the defined rectangle with the lighter version of the color

x1,y1,x2,y2 take values 0..255, left down corner is 0,0 and col = 0..7  

x1,y1 is the left down corner and x2,y2 the right up corner

To choose a different palette for mode 4 use:   poke 98401,n where n=0 or 2,4,6,8,10,12,14 (0=the standard)

To choose the brighter output on standard video mode: poke 98401,128 or with the other palettes of mode 4 poke 98401,128+n where n=2 or 4,6,8,10,12,14

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EPM7160STC100 altera cpld

AD724 pal encoder

74LS241 or 74LS244 ttl buffer the smd package.

11 x 100nf smd 0805 capacitors.

1 x 220uf electrolytic (thin for pins to bend and positioned horizontally at C13)

2 x 4,7uf multilayer ceramic. (connect in parrallel to C2)

1 x 5-50pf trimmer capacitor C12

one 30Mhz 5V active crystal oscillator smd

one 4,43 Mhz crystal Q1

R1,R2,R3 680 Ohm 0805

R4,R5,R6 1.2K 0805

R7,R8,R9,R11 100 Ohm 0805

R10 470 Ohm

R12 560 Ohm

R13 330 Ohm

R14 4.7K

R15 75 Ohm

2x5pins header for the programming port (that I don't solder on the pcb, I just lightly and partially sideways press in the holes as long as the programming lasts).

And 40 thin pins (2x20 header) to solder on the pcb that will fit in the original ULA socket, these pins should be thin enough not to damage the socket.

To take out the flash signal to the video connector of QL and be able to make a scart cable is possible if you use pin 3 of the connector. This is a monochrome composite video that maybe no one uses. So by lifting (or cutting) one pin of resistor R88 and connecting a 47 Ohm resistor to the other pin you can implement the scart cable that will be able to produce the 16 colors.

The the following image shows how the scart cable should be made: