Re: C65 on Ebay

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 22:24:21 +0100
Message-Id: <57DA62A4-9BEB-45E9-BBBD-D56B4E93AAE8@wfmh.org.pl>
> On 2017-11-05, at 21:57, smf <smf@null.net> wrote:
> 
>> Theoretically looks like you could probably do this (and then constantly monitor for drifting and react), but the questions are:
>> 1) why make it more difficult and expensive while at the same time potentially less reliable and slower to lock?
>> 
> It is essentially what I described a while back for making c64 output a valid pal/ntsc signal while maintaining perfect sync between the cpu/sid & vic, by speeding up/slowing down the system clock to make the sync pulses hit at the correct time.

I remember this idea, which revitalised my enthusiasm for a moment ;-) Next to make it on time, you still need to wipe and reconstruct the odd/even pulse sequences though.

> I wasn't considering syncing to an external sync, which would add some complexity. But it would be an awesome project.

For engineering fun - sure :-)

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