Re: NTSC on a PAL Amiga

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From: J|rgen Holmberg
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 1990 13:05

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In article <1990Oct8.113633.12238@ericsson.se> etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se writes:
>In article <9715@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> whinery@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu (Alan Whinery) writes:
>-
>-How does an NTSC type program look on a PAL Amiga? I'd like to be able
>-to send a collection of PDware to a friend in Finland. Are there 
>-complications?
>-
>-Alan Whinery
>-whinery@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu
>
>They just doesn't use the lower part of the screen since NTSC has
>fewer screen lines than PAL.
>No complications.
>
>Tommy P.

While this is basically true there are protection-schemes that will make it
impossible to run software on both sides of the pond. These are usually as
poorly written as the disk-protection schemes making the program impossible
to run on a number of machines :-)
Sorry to be a spoil-sport but as long as it's PD-stuff there is nothing to
worry about.

Jorgen

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