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Fun with fractions



Some facts you've never wanted to know about the Apple II; the following values are, to the best of my math knowledge, exact; or would be if quartz tolerances were zero and if TV sets were built absolutely according to the Norm, which of course they aren't:


Clock Speed, NTSC = 213281250/209 Hz

Hires Pixel Aspect Ratio, NTSC = 28512/33173
Pixels are considerably higher than wide


Clock Speed, PAL, w/14.25 MHz main quartz = 1015625 Hz

Hires Pixel Aspect Ratio, PAL, w/14.25 MHz quartz  = 256/247
Pixels are a little wider than high


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Linards Ticmanis