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Subject: Re: HELP. PAL Amiga is available ??
Message-ID: <1986Sep27.134930.15697@utcs.uucp>
Date: Sat, 27-Sep-86 13:49:30 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 27 13:49:30 1986
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Since we're on the topic of European Amigas, I have a slightly different
question.  I plan to take my Amiga with me to Europe for a year.
What do I have to do?

I understand that I have to transform the 220V to 110V.  I know enough
about electricity and electronics to find a suitable step-down
transformer.  Now, about the rest....

50 vs 60 cycle:  I know the amiga clock follows the line frequency.
		I also know that European Amigas just load a different
calibration value into a counter somewhere, so presumably I could get that
code (where, and from whom?).  Is anything else in a North American Amiga
sensitive to line frequency?

The monitor:  If I take my own RGB monitor (the one that came with the
		Amiga) to europe, I can run my system on North American
video (I assume).  Does that monitor have any dependencies on 50Hz?
Am I going to experience 'worms'?

Modems:  I know 300 baud modems are different in Europe.  Does anyone know
	 about 1200 baud modems?

Any other gotcha's I should think about?  (what do I do about service for
the beast when I'm there...shudder!).

Any thoughts welcome.  I will summarize if there is sufficient interest.

Michael Wagner (wagner@utcs or utzoo!utcs!wagner)