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From: kskelm@happy.colorado.edu
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Subject: INFO-- Why some demos crash!
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.163953.1@happy.colorado.edu>
Date: 27 Feb 91 22:39:53 GMT
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In article <1991Feb26.204825.17757@hoss.unl.edu>, 231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu (Phil Dietz) writes:
> One demo that I REALLY want to see is the Phantasmagoria one.  The one
> posted on AB20 crashes right when it starts to get good...does anyone have
> a DECENT copy?

  I've found that nearly *ALL* of the demos I've downloaded run perfectly when
the computer is running in PAL mode.

  There's a program out called PalBoot that puts machines with the ECS into PAL
mode-- in fact, I permanently have my screen scrunched (pot in back) to
accomodate the higher resolution of PAL.  Unfortunately, the PalBoot program is
rather unflexible.  Since many ST/NT songs are written for PAL and others are
written for NTSC, I whipped up a couple of simple programs, PAL and NTSC.

   You can, too...  To put the machine in PAL mode, simply plug the value #$20
into location $DFF1DA (LONG WORD!!!!!!).  To put it back into NTSC mode, insert
a value of #$02 I believe (Once again, a LONGWORD!).


  ...Its also nice to be able to see the scrollies! :-)

         Kevin Kelm

SIG withheld by request