Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!bu.edu!wang!alecto!garyf From: garyf@wiis.wang.com (Gary Field) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Hhhhhelllllpppp !!!!!!!!!!!! Keywords: Help! Message-ID: <1991Mar08.143219.2009@wiis.wang.com> Date: 8 Mar 91 14:32:19 GMT References: Organization: Wang Laboratories, Inc. Lines: 28 mac1@ra.MsState.Edu (Dude) writes: > Somebody recently told me that it is not possible to run PAL programs on an >NTSC machine that I'm using right now. I have tons of software in UK and my >parents are about to send it to me. I'm worried to death !! Can somebody tell >me if the guy is right or wrong ? I'll relly appreciate any help in this >regard. If thats true then is ther any simple or complicated solution to this >problem. Hell alot of thanks in advance. Mob It depends upon how the programs were written. If they depend on certain timing paramters without checking whether the machine is PAL or NTSC they could have problems. C= supplies developers with example routines for properly handling the differences, but not all developers are conscientious or broad minded enough to bother. I think most commercial packages will work OK though. Gary /*=========================================================================== | Gary A. Field - WA1GRC | GGG A RRRR Y Y FFFFF | Wang Labs M/S 019-72B | G G A A R R Y Y F | 1 Industrial Ave | G A A R R Y Y F | Lowell, MA 01851-5161 | G GG AAAAA RRRR Y FFFFF | (508) 967-2514 | G G A A R R Y F | email: garyf@gfield.wiis.wang.com | GGGG A A R R Y F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Anything not worth doing, is not worth doing well. ============================================================================*/