Re: Converting a Commodore 64 from NTSC to PAL

From: Gábor Lénárt <lgb_at_lgb.hu>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:08:26 +0200
Message-ID: <20120413150826.GA25776@vega.lgb.hu>
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 05:06:21PM +0200, Groepaz wrote:
> On Friday 13 April 2012, you wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 03:32:53PM +0200, Groepaz wrote:
> > > On Friday 13 April 2012, you wrote:
> > > > Anyway, frequency of the AC input is not so exact sometimes, so TOD can
> > > > be quite un-precise. I was thinking some years ago to try to use
> > > > another input signal for the CIAs which is more stable, so TOD will be
> > > > more "usable".
> > > 
> > > actually the AC frequency has *excellent* long term stability these days
> > > and is more than sufficient for any real world application on the c64.
> > 
> > Nice to know, I had problems with that, but it was something like hmm 20
> > years ago or so? :)
> 
> even then it shouldnt have been a problem, except in some rural areas maybe :) 
> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_line_frequency#Stability

Ehhem, maybe Hungary could be called rural then ... :)

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