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- From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
- Subject: Re: Genesis/Megadrive hardware questions
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.051804.6950@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
- Keywords: language switch, 50/60 Herz switch
- Sender: news@blaze.cs.jhu.edu (Usenet news system)
- Organization: Johns Hopkins University CS Dept.
- References: <BzM2tx.AtC@cs.vu.nl>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 05:18:04 GMT
- Lines: 25
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- In article <BzM2tx.AtC@cs.vu.nl> twctjin@cs.vu.nl (Tjin TWCA) writes:
- > I've read the FAQ file about the language switch and the 50/60 Hz
- > conversion. I still have a few questions:
- > 1. How can I make the (European) Megadrive work at 60 Hz
- > (NTSC system)?
- > 2. What is the difference between the old and
- > new Megadrive regarding the jumpers JP1-JP4?
- > I've got the old version, pre-October 1991.
- > The reason I am asking these questions is that I want to play for
- > example the Genesis version of "Streets of Rage II" on my Megadrive.
- > This game has a built-in lockout; it won't run on my machine in the
- > 50 Hz mode.
-
- As far as I know it's the same on old and new machines.
-
- You'd have to make a switch just like the language switch only using the other
- two jumpers. I got some mail from etmfrov@sunbeamfs.ericsson.se a while back
- about this; he explained it but noted that just changing 50/60 hertz this
- way doesn't quite work....
- --
- "the bogosity in a field equals the bogosity imported from related areas, plus
- the bogosity generated internally, minus the bogosity expelled or otherwise
- disposed of." -- K. Eric Drexler
-
- Ken Arromdee (arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu, arromdee@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu)
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