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- Path: aargh.incubus.sub.org!marc
- From: marc@aargh.incubus.sub.org (Marc 'Nepomuk' Heuler)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: PAL/NTSC Jumper
- Message-ID: <ICeTx*nga@aargh.incubus.sub.org>
- Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 12:44:28 CET
- Reply-To: marc@aargh.incubus.sub.org
- References: <1064.6574T1038T2708@ibm.net>
- Organization: Data Design
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- In article <1064.6574T1038T2708@ibm.net>, Georges Heinesch writes:
-
- > - I am using an NTSC Hi-Res screen for my workbench. Does the screen
- > size change when changing my PAL Amiga into an NTSC Amiga?
-
- No.
-
- > - Does this change imply *any* incombatibility with existing software?
- > (system conform software and games with direct access to the hardware)
- A^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ B^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- A: No
- B: Yes
-
- > 2. Is the setting of the jumper to NTSC identical to the selection of NTSC
- > in the Boot-Menu (both mouse buttons pressed during startup)?
-
- Yes.
-
- > 3. I use Deluxe Pacman and it offers a toggle feature between PAL and NTSC.
- > The screen of the NTSC is only partially visible (upper 85%). What is
- > the purpose of such an implemented feature if 15% of the lower screen is
- > unvisible.
-
- I don't know. Ask the programmer.
-
- > Could it be, that NTSC Amigas can display those screens completely?
-
- No.
-