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From: aharon@WISDOM.BITNET (Aharon Shtull-Trauring)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: a500 around the world
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Date: 8 Mar 88 09:58:35 GMT
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After all these years of drooling I am finally about to take the plunge
and buy an Amiga (or at least I will in the next few months).  An a500
is all I can afford, but I need some answers to the following questions:

(1) If I buy a 110/60 hz. a500 with a Commodore or multi-sync monitor
rated the same, and run it here in Israel where power is rated at 220/50 hz.
will the flicker be much worse or no different?  I've read all the
discussions about running Amiga's in Europe and Japan and I realize the
220 - 110 is no problem.  What worries me is the monitor - does the Hz
rating of the power supply affect the quality of the display?  Are
there any displays immune to this problem if it is one?

(2) I remember reading that the European version of the A1000 used PAL
RGB (I hadn't even realized there was such a thing, or maybe I
didn't understand it correctly?).  Is this true of the european
version of the a500, or is the PAL vs NSTC only relevan for
the A510 (or whatever the composite output thingamagig is called)?
If there is a differnece does most software support both, or am I
better off getting the NTSC version since it has better software support?

(3) What is the going discounted price for the a500 and some good monitors
and what is the current rev number for the mother board (I am going to
the far east in a few weeks and if I can pick up a bargain there
I might buy it - I just don't want to get stuck with some outdated model
that Commodore dumped).

Thanks for your help.

aharon shtull-trauring
aharon@wisdom.bitnet