Re: C65 on Ebay

From: Mia Magnusson <mia_at_plea.se>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 14:31:28 +0100
Message-ID: <20171104143128.00001bd7@plea.se>
Den Sat, 4 Nov 2017 09:13:20 +0000 skrev smf <smf@null.net>:
> This suggests all the hardware was PAL
> 
> http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/65.html
> 
> But there is an NTSC rom, which looks like it changes the refresh
> rate but not the video standard.
> 
> Like how a PAL Amiga with an ECS chip can run at 50hz (PAL) or 60hz 
> (PAL60), even though everyone claimed that it switching between PAL
> and NTSC.

Well, actually on anything except A1000, A600 and A1200 the Amiga
doesen't generate PAL or NTSC, only RGB (and in some cases monochrome).

Atleast in theory with a NTSC A520 rf modulator you would instead get
"NTSC50" and 60Hz NTSC. I have never owned a NTSC A520 or an Amiga sold
in a NTSC country, so I cannot verify this.

(Also if there were ever any A520 made especially for Brazil that would
give PAL 3.58 60Hz and probably also 50Hz).

(I've never heard of any SECAM A520 but if there were any such made
(primary for France but perhaps also the middle east and maybe maybe
also the eastern bloc) then it would produce SECAM and SECAM 60).

But there is some slight difference in the crystal frequency afaik,
maybe that also affects the RF modulator. Most TV's are rather tolerant
because the sync frequencyes from a VCR's can vary quite a bit if the
tape for some reason (temporary) runs too slow or too fast.

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