Okay so I did just the one bit change making it $1EC5. It helped. the $1FD4 I made $1ED4. Some how the video with text is being placed below the sync level! I can see sync, burst, and the video appears to be below the sync pulse! The sync pulse should be a negative .3 volts while video is positive .7 volts. Maybe I have a bad chip? There is also a "Mode Register" and I thought it had a value of $00CC and I think I am looking at the wrong register?