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Re: NTSC on a PAL Amiga

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From: Simon Raybould
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 1990 13:23
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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.


Thats not strictly true !

I have a copy of Tetris that switches to ntsc, the screen stretches vertically
and the top and bottom are off the screen.

The machine has to be re-booted to restore it to normal.




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