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Article #758Re: NTSC-PAL (in)compatibility
From: Ploni Almoni
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 1989 20:32
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 1989 20:32
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Allo M'sieu' Marc --
The WHOLE WORLD knows that:
SECAM = System Electronique Contre (les) Americains
while:
PAL = Pray And Learn !!
In the mid-60s I was a consultant to a foreign government (EBU member)
and was very involved in the politics of how standards were chosen. It
had very little to do with the technology, and very much to do with how
Kennedy was viewed in the Soviet Union. The RCA story, however, has the
odor of truth to it.
Adieu et/und Guten Tag !! (The next round we may all be saying
"Sayonara")
-=Ploni=-
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