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- From: phillips@uwa.oz.au (Christopher Phillips)
- Subject: Re: More on Pal Vs NTSC
- Message-ID: <phillips.715405800@s3>
- Sender: news@swanee.ee.uwa.oz.au
- Organization: Elec Eng, Univ of Western Australia
- References: <21138@optima.cs.arizona.edu> <1992Aug27.021413.6849@pimacc.pima.edu>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 03:50:00 GMT
- Lines: 36
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- ppugliese@pimacc.pima.edu writes:
-
- >In article <21138@optima.cs.arizona.edu>, mcbride@cs.arizona.edu (Chris M. McBride) writes:
- >>
- >> I have been asking around about getting colour out of my PAL 64 on
- >> NTSC equipment. It LOOKS like I may need to also purchase a PAL tv.
- >> I don't know if this will solve my problem, but it is obviously the
- >> next step. So my question is what is the best way to pick up a PAL
- >> montior? Go the same route I did to get my 64? I heard it was possible
- >> to get PAL tv's down in Mexico (less than an hour drive)?
- >>
- >> And finally If I pick up a PAL monitor, must I run 50hz through it to
- >> get it to work? Or will it work on 60hz just like the PAL 64 does?
- >>
- >> Chris
- >>
-
- >Didn't someone post something a while back about how all that needs to
- >be done to switch from PAL to NTSC is to fiddle around a little inside
- >the case? I'm recall that nothing like soldering was even required.
-
- >PHIL
-
- Nonono. You miss the point. The whole idea of going to all the trouble of
- getting a pal c64 is to develop software that will work in oz, europe
- etc. Hence, need pal display to see what things really look like.
- Changing c64 to NTSC would defeat purpose of getting pal c64 in the
- first place!
-
- Christopher.
-
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- Christopher Jam __________________________________________________
- 'Another day, another try. But remember, SHOOT OR DIE!' -turrican
- phillips@swanee.ee.uwa.oz.au c64 forever!!!!
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