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Re: Amiga 1200 - USA Power?
« on: March 16, 2009, 09:27:23 PM »
The motherboards for both NTSC and PAL Amigas take the same voltage. Both 110V and 220V power supplies convert to the proper voltage. Use whichever power supply you need for your wall electricity, no matter if you've got an NTSC or PAL Amiga.

Why do you want an NTSC one? I'd get a PAL one since it'll run more demos and games. You'll need an RGB monitor or a scan doubler with VGA output (like Indivision) unless you have a PAL TV lying around... but assuming you're using a monitor and not a TV, PAL is a better choice. I'm in the US and I've been using a PAL 1200 motherboard. I use a 110V power supply from my Amiga 500. The power supplies for the 500 are compatible with the 600 and 1200, but are a bit more powerful. Only really matters if you're using an accelerator, otherwise the stock 1200 power supply is OK.
 

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Re: Amiga 1200 - USA Power?
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2009, 02:52:00 PM »
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stefcep2 wrote:
I have a PAL A1200 and I run Workbench in NTSC on a 1084 because I can't stand the PAL refrsh flicker, which is unbearable if its interlaced as well.


Never seen refresh flicker from a PAL Amiga in either PAL or NTSC modes. Interlace of any kind sucks hard on Amiga if you don't have a flicker fixer installed.