Re: //c wanted, IIgs progress

["Peter Ibbotson" <spambox@ibbotson.co.uk>]

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> David Wilson <david@uow.edu.au> wrote:
>
>> The "PAL" IIc used in most (if not all) 220-240VAC countries does
>> actually require a box clipped on the back if you want to connect
>> it to a colour TV. Unlike the first PAL IIe motherboards, the IIc
>> does not have the PAL color encoder built on the motherboard. The RCA
>> jack on the IIc is 50Hz non-interlaced video with a non-standard color
>> burst frequency. The PAL adapter has two RCA jacks - one is PAL
>> composite, the other PAL RF modulated for feeding into the antenna.
>
> So... wait. If I'm reading this right, then a //c is a //c is a //c, and
> the external PSU is the voltage critical bit, and the RF box was what
> made it a PAL device? Presumablly just with different ROMs for country
> specifications.


My German spec one is PAL output but monochrome just like a //e with the 
colour killer switch turned on. I suspect the box being talked about here 
actually plugged into the LCD expansion socket and worked in a similar 
fashion to the ][+ RGB card for the european market.

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