aduncan@rhea.trl.oz (Allan Duncan) (09/29/89)
There was a query a little while back about why there is no encoded
colour on 500 and 2000's like there was on the 1000.
The main advantage is that, given dual-standard special chips (Agnus?)
you can use the identical hardware for PAL and NTSC, since the
standard-dependant hardware (the encoder) is not there!
The PAL 1000 was physically different to the NTSC, apart from the
different chip mask - there is a different oscillator for the colour to
start with. Since most of us use RGB monitors, only those who NEED
encoders need buy them.
Allan Duncan ACSnet aduncan@rhea.trl.oz
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