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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: jahc on May 11, 2003, 10:42:26 AM

Title: Difference between PAL/NTSC a1200?
Post by: jahc on May 11, 2003, 10:42:26 AM

If I use an NTSC monitor driver with my PAL A1200, will it output NTSC screens as good as an NTSC amiga?

Title: Re: Difference between PAL/NTSC a1200?
Post by: Darth_X on May 11, 2003, 11:20:18 AM

I thought PAL mode was better on Amiga than NTSC!

Title: Re: Difference between PAL/NTSC a1200?
Post by: Kronos on May 11, 2003, 11:26:48 AM

@jahc

NTSC Amigas are clocked at 7.14/14.28, while PAL-Amigas
are only 7.09/14.18. The NTSC-mode will still be quite near
to real NTSC and if you would use an NTSC-genlock (which
generates the clock for the Amiga), you would get 100% NTSC.

@Darth_X
Back in those days before I had an GFX-card I had all my Amigas
set to NTSC (the A2000 even hard-soldered), cos I couldn't stand
50Hz. Was also quite nice with the A2024 momitor because 1024x800
looked much better than 1024x1024, had less flicker (60Hz) and
even saved valuable chipmem.