Displaying any NTSC signal on a PAL monotor will show up as grey... Is it possible that some one has previously attempted to convert it from a NTSC machine to PAL and not quit got it right? Especially as it has a "made in USA" sticker?? I have never heard of PAL machines built as late as 1985 being built in the US. All the ones I've seen are Hong Kong, UK or Germany. The RF box on a NTSC machine has a chanel select switch, whereas PAL machines don't. Has this been checked? -----Original Message----- From: Marko Mäkelä [mailto:msmakela@cc.hut.fi] Sent: Friday, 30 March 2001 5:48 PM To: cbm-hackers@dot.tml.hut.fi Cc: adrian.jankovsky@vsb.cz Subject: Some PAL/NTSC c64 problem ...maybe (fwd) Hello Adrian, I'm forwarding your question to the cbm-hackers mailing list. Hopefully someone (Nicolas?) is able to help you. [Additional information: the video chip is 6569R3 or R5, and the crystal is 17.734472 MHz. So, this should be a PAL machine, but perhaps the frequency is a little off, and thus no colors are displayed.] Marko ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 08:42:06 +0200 From: "[iso-8859-2] Adrian Jankovský" <adrian.jankovsky@vsb.cz> To: Marko.Makela@HUT.FI Subject: Some PAL/NTSC c64 problem ...maybe Hi Marko, i have following problem: I have c64 (board assy n.250425) with Made in USA on back of machine, which looks like being assembled in 1985. Memory location 678 is saying '1' which i think should be PAL machine. Jumper on board (Short-PAL , Open-NTSC) is shorted (connected by Cu-Wire). But when i have connected it to TV (which is capable of displaying NTSC signal anyway) picture si grey scale only !!, even when connected by DIN output (Video out pin) to video input of Commodore 1084 monitor picture is still grey scale only (no colors). Where is problem ?? (i also notified that startup of machine lasts little longer than normally ..black screen about 2sec and then startup ..basic 38911 etc ...). Thanks in advance. Adrian - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tml.hut.fi. PLEASE TAKE NOTE: The contents of this email (including any attachments) may be privileged and confidential. Any unauthorised use of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please advise us immediately (you can contact us by telephone on +61 8 9441 2311 by reverse charge) and then permanently delete this email together with any attachments. We appreciate your co-operation. Whilst Orbital endeavours to take reasonable care to ensure that this email and any attachments are free from viruses or other defects, Orbital does not represent or warrant that such is explicitly the case (C) 2000: Orbital Engine Company (Australia) PTY LTD and its affiliates - This message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list. To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail cbm-hackers-request@dot.tml.hut.fi.
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