Re: //c wanted, IIgs progress

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net>]

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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.
:
: If that's the case, I'm more into getting one from the US,
where they
: are much easier to find. I do have 110v convertors lying
around. I'd
: just prefer not to have to use them. I have NTSC capable
monitors anyway
: :)

That's Why I answered the way I did. I assumed you'd
be getting one from the US, in the US format.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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