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From: cl3a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Chee Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Using PAL Amigas in the USA
Message-ID: <IayYTlC00awTI3dlU3@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 21 Sep 90 17:03:45 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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This is just a note to dispel some myths about using PAL (UK Versions)
Amiga in the USA:

	I brought my PAL (not NTSC) Amiga from Singapore and intended to get a
RGB Analog Monitor and a Power Supply to connect to the machine.  The
Power Supply I had back home accepts the Commonwealth Standard of 220V,
which is apparently different from the 110V being used here in the USA.  

	Since what the Amiga 500 requires is an input voltage of +5V, -5V and
+12V DC, I would expect a power supply purchased here would work fine on
my machine.  I was told by several people (vendors, Amiga-users) that
this is not the case.  I can't use a PAL 500 with the Power Supply or
RGB Monitor here.  I was told that in order for my machine to work, I
would have to change the crystal, and replace the custom chips to turn
my PAL machine into an NTSC one.

	I almost resorted to changing the chips, till I found a A500 user who
was kind enough to let me try my PAL CPU with his Commodore Power Supply
and Commodore Analog Monitor.  At this stage, I had no choice but to
take the risk of destroying both my Amiga and my friend's power supply. 

	When I turn it on, bingo! My PAL machine works perfectly with the 110V
PS and the output to the (presumably NTSC) Monitor was PAL!

	So,...  the moral of the story is that PAL Amigas does work in the USA,
we just have to get a decent RGB Analog monitor and a Power Supply. 

	The only drawback for this configuration, perhaps, is the inability to
output the PAL Amiga Graphics produced into NTSC Video.


-William
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