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From: kdale@BBNCC-EUR.arpa
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Subject: Re: Using NTSC computers Down Under??
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Date: Tue, 1-Apr-86 04:48:07 EST
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The questions were whether a MacIntosh and a regular NTSC TV will run on 50  Hz
power.   The simple answer is yes.  We are using three Macs here in Germany and
are running them off of 220 to 110 volt transformers, and at home my  Sharp  TV
(as well as various VCR's) also runs off of a transformer, does not receive PAL
broadcasts, does receive NTSC broadcasts (Armed Forces Network) and worked fine
as  a  monitor  for  a  C-64.   (No,  nothing  happened  to either - I sold the
C-64....) As a rule of thumb, the only things that balk at 50 Hz  when  they're
built  to  use  60  Hz  are motors (prone to burn out as well as running at 5/6
normal speed) and circuitry that depends on 60 Hz for timing.

Keith

Disclaimer: There's no truth to the rumor that I keep a fire extinguisher next
to my VCR's!