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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: NTSC vs PAL
Message-ID: <487@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 5-Jul-86 13:47:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.487
Posted: Sat Jul  5 13:47:07 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Jul-86 01:20:14 EDT
References: <1345@runx.OZ>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1345@runx.OZ> phil@runx.OZ (Philip Holmes) writes:
>
>	I am about to become an amigos gringos and have a little query.
>The video output is NTSC and as I live in Australia (we have PAL) this is 
>not much use to me.
>	I am not too cluey on video etc and would like to know if the only
>difference that this will make is that I will not be able to use a TV as a 
>monitor.
>	Are there any other problems that it will cause. i.e. maybe with
>future video input digitizing, etc?
>	Also, is CBM intending to bring out a PAL version?
>
>						phil...

Commodore has already 'launched' the 'European' version of the Amiga.  
assume it will eventually work it's way to Australia.  One of the problems
with this international stuff is that you need to make 13 different keyboard
arrangements and provide software support for non-ascii characters, dead
keys and the like...
-- 
George Robbins - now working with,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
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