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Re: NTSC/PAL combo A500 -- How did they do it?
« on: October 17, 2011, 04:37:45 AM »
How to switch in software if the computer starts in the wrong mode?, hard to see any GUI ;)
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Re: NTSC/PAL combo A500 -- How did they do it?
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2011, 11:47:38 PM »
How did PAL machines produce a proper clock for NTSC? the existing isn't evenly divisable..
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Re: NTSC/PAL combo A500 -- How did they do it?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2011, 09:15:14 PM »
Well that kind of confirms what I suspected. The computer is equipped with one crystall oscillator. And using an alternate system is done by using an PLL. Which works in most cases, and not in some.

I guess there's no Amiga system with crystalls for both PAL and NTSC?
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