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From: GRIGSBY@AUVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: clock speed
Message-ID: <90195.192630GRIGSBY@AUVM.BITNET>
Date: 14 Jul 90 23:26:30 GMT
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The Europena Atari has one CPU clock at 3 Mhz, and the USA runs at about
2.217 (?) This means that the European Ataris run faster for regular
processing, but since the PAL TV Vblank is 50Hz (vs. 60Hz here), most
games end up running slower.
-grigsby