UK Amiga in the U.S.
03-Aug-94 03:46:08
Sb: #42563-UK Amiga in the U.S.
Fm: Brian Bartlett 72037,570
To: Michael Hendry 100015,2630
Michael,
the internal clock updates itself using the same signal that times the
horizontal sweep of the display. Since this is a different rate, on each
side of the pond, there are two different versions of the chip. Normally,
this wouldn't be a problem.
However, if you take an Amiga designed to run off of 50 Hz to a country
where the incoming power is running at 60 Hz, your internal clock will be
running 20% faster than normal. Short of changing the chip, there is no
real reason to swap out the chip (and it would be difficult to obtain with
the way things are now, anyway). Just live with it until you get home.
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