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Re: C64 DTV PAL
« on: November 28, 2005, 03:58:42 PM »
Can you check your PAL version to see if it has the color bug?  Easiest way to check is to load up Summer Games or Winter Games.  If you can't read the screen clearly, then the unit has the fault.
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Re: C64 DTV PAL
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2005, 02:15:56 AM »
The real fix requires resoldering SMD resistors that are mixed up on the board.  You might be able to tweak the color to fit a certain game like Summer Games, but then the palette will be off for the rest.  

I want to order one but I don't want to have to go through the trouble of fixing the thing.
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Re: C64 DTV PAL
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2005, 04:25:53 PM »
@coldfish

I already have a pair of NTSC v1s (one hacked, one standard).  I am getting the DTV Hummer once it gets in at my local Radio Shack, and I'll be getting a PAL DTV also.  

I know it's cheap.  But, since the resistor problem has been found and solved by hackers, it's only a matter of time before Toy:Lobster fixes the problem in production.

If AmigaKit can verify that these are fixed, I'll order it.  The reason I want verification is overseas shipping isn't cheap.  And, so far nobody on the C64 forums and usenet has seen a fixed version in the wild.
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