Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!unido!pfm!nadia!agnus
From: agnus@nadia.UUCP (Matthias Zepf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Curious PAL problem report
Message-ID: <458@nadia.UUCP>
Date: 11 May 89 22:57:19 GMT
References: <15609@gryphon.COM>
Reply-To: agnus@nadia.UUCP (Matthias Zepf)
Organization: Stuttgart Net System, FRG
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In article <15609@gryphon.COM> keithd@gryphon.COM (Keith Doyle) writes:
>"... One time out of ten, the PAL AMIGA system does not switch to PAL
>mode during the boot-procedure.  The result is disastrous as only 3/4 of
>the PAL pictures are displayed [...]

>Is this a known problem with PAL Amiga's, or is this guy's Amiga just
>out of whack?

Yes, this is a known problem of PAL Amigas. There is a bug in the Kick-
start 1.1, 1.2 and also in 1.3. Sometimes the Amiga detects the wrong
current frequence (50 Hz in Europe, 60 Hz in USA). If a PAL Amiga de-
tects 60 Hz it (she) will switch to NTSC mode (640x200). The 56 last
lines (640x256) are unuseable. The only thing one can do is to reboot
the Amiga... Most A1000 users (like me) have patched the Kickstart
to correct this bug.

Greetings, Matthias (West Germany)

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