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- From: Kimmo.Ketolainen@f151.n222.z2.fidonet.org (Kimble)
- Newsgroups: alt.sys.amiga.demos
- Subject: Re: PAL or NTSC?
- Message-ID: <KIMMO.KETOLAINEN.93Jan27125808@euroni.f151.n222.z2.fidonet.org>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 17:58:08 GMT
- References: <Alex_Topic.05um@tvbbs.wimsey.bc.ca>
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- In-Reply-To: Alex_Topic@tvbbs.wimsey.bc.ca's message of 26 Jan 93 12:03:39 PST
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- Alex_Topic@tvbbs.wimsey.bc.ca (Alex Topic) wrote:
-
- > That is so stupid how America, Europe, and Japan have to be so
- > different from each other. We should all try to have the same standard.
- > In Europe you guys drive on the passenger seat..heh how strange. Is it
- > like that all over europe? I'm not sure in Japan if they are the same..hmm
- > I think Japan uses NTSC...
-
- Don't worry, in a couple of decades we will all be part of a large
- Americanized (Japanized?) world.
-
- Cars are driven from the right side currently only in Britain and
- Japan...and maybe Hong Kong and other smaller areas? Sweden moved to
- continental system in the 60's, and I think Australia and New Zealand
- in the 70's (maybe at the same time they adapted to the metric system).
-
- In the 60's there was a nice road crossing on the Northern land border
- between Finland and Sweden to get the cars to the correct side of the
- road :)
-
- > -ALex
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