Re: NTSC VIC-II timing

From: Spiro Trikaliotis <*ml-cbmhackers_at_trikaliotis.net*> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 18:25:45 +0200 Message-ID: <20170621162545.GB1730@hermes.local.trikaliotis.net> · ml-cbmhackers_at_trikaliotis.net

Hello,

* On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 06:12:12PM +0200 silverdr@wfmh.org.pl wrote:

> > most demos or games probably dont care about detecting the difference - as the 
> > 64 cycle VIC is extremely rare.
> 
> Maybe I am impractical indeed, yet I can't envision a commercial
> product (game f.e.) that would just break because the machine has a
> different but still valid VIC chip inside.

There were commercial products that just broke because the user had the
-02 KERNAL ROM in the C64, setting the text color to the background
color whenver the screen was cleared.

The -02 KERNAL was much more widespread the the old NTSC VIC-II.

Thus, your argument is not completely valid, because they just did it.

Regards,
Spiro.

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