ken@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Ken Spagnolo ) (07/11/88)
Someone asked that I post a summary of the responses I received on how to get my NTSC A1000 to run with New Zealand flavor power. I got a lot of responses and the vast majority fell into three categories: 1) Convert from NTSC to PAL standard. How to do this was just posted by Carolyn Scheppner of CATS so I won't take up band width with it. 2) By a 220v/50hz power supply in whatever country once you get there. Commodore does not keep a supply of these for sale in the USA. 3) By a 220v/110v converter and don't worry about the frequency difference. It seems that the clock is the only thing that uses the frequency tic and even that is sensed and adjusted for with Kickstart 1.2. Unless I hear about some massive problems, I'm going with 3. The biggest pro argument I can give is from a response I received. Someone said that the original developer systems sent to Europe were NTSC with a converter and that he knew of people in France still using them. Sounds good enough for me. Ken Spagnolo ken@umbc3.umd.edu or uunet!umbc3!ken Disclaimer: VALIS made me do it.