Re: Q: Swapping Motherboards on GS --> Damage hazard?

[processoroverclocked@33mhz.cjb.net (Jon Bettencourt)]

In article <967792375.714359@inv.ihug.co.nz>, "Roger Johnstone"
<rojaws@es.co.nz> wrote:

> ----------
> In article <39AD8C3B.4E06C51A@aol.com>, Marsha Jackson <menacechgo@aol.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> >(To sender&group)
> >
> >The 7(actually 6) pin power connector and volktages are the same so that part
> >presents no problem, the problem is the US based motherboards I put out NTSC
> >composite video instead of PAL.
> 
> My IIgs (a Woz edition, bought in New Zealand where we use PAL) has NTSC
> composite video. I would be interested to know if anyone out there has seen
> a PAL IIgs. The extended keyboard IIe from the same era was also NTSC only.
> In New Zealand the Apple dealers sold Apple NTSC colour monitors to go with
> them, for a high price of course. I've always suspected the real reason
> Apple changed to NTSC-only was so they could sell their very expensive
> monitors.

There is no NTSC IIgs or PAL IIgs. It's all the same IIgs. You switch
between NTSC and PAL by holding down the option key during startup. Then
choose either 60Hz or 50Hz.

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