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From: johnf@stew.ssl.berkeley.edu (John Flanagan)
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Subject: Re: reboot a PAL machine into NTSC
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Date: 22 Feb 90 23:58:56 GMT
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In article <1768@gannet.cl.cam.ac.uk> bdb@cl.cam.ac.uk (Brian Brunswick) writes:
>I have a PAL 1000, but I have noticed that sometimes after a crash it
>starts up with only a 200 line workbench.

This is caused by a known bug in the boot code, which has been
discussed here some time in the past year.  I don't remember the details,
but it had something to do with some timing which could occasionally
fail.  I also don't remember whether there was any fix for it.
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