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PAL version of Imagine 3.0 on NTSC

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From: Jim Craig
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 15:12
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>The problem isn't solved by changing the prefs.  I suspect that the
>version you have wants a PAL machine.  
>
>There are two ways you can try to make your NTSC machine a PAL machine.
>
>One: Change a jumper(I don't know the number) located near the AGNUS
>     Chip.  This controls whether the machine is PAL or NTSC.  You
>     could connect an external switch to this jumper so you don't have
>     to take the machine apart when you want to switch between PAL and
>     NTSC.  I've done this on a A500 system.
>
>Two: Try a program called DEGRADER.  This prg is meant to get old prgs
>     running on newer machines.  It has an option to make the system
>     think it is a PAL machine.  This might fool Imagine into working.
>
>
>Jaeson K.

I haven't tried Jason's first solution but the second solution is exactly what 
it took to get the CU Amiga coverdisk version of Imagine 3.0 to work for me.  

Once the system reboots, I have to go into prefs and set my screen mode to PAL 
in order to get it all to fit on my screen (and I have to adjust the height on 
the back of my monitor because the bottom of the screen disappears).

Once you get it working, it's well worth it.

        --Jim Craig
          jccraig@darkwing.uoregon.edu
          http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jccraig/index.html
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Subject: PAL version of Imagine 3.0 on NTSC
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 15:12:57 GMT
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