Re: C64 French version (narrow board)

From: silverdr_at_srebrnysen.com Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:46:51 +0000 Message-Id: <E600C201-B46A-4208-8C87-75680414DB83_at_srebrnysen.com>

> On 2022-08-22, at 10:05, Oliver Fleischmann <oliver_at_ogf.to> wrote:
> 
> R2 feeds some current from +9V to the +5V rail. This won't change the voltage as long as the consumption on +5V is always higher than the current through R2 (200 mA or a bit more as +9V is usually a bit higher than nominal 9V AFAIR).
> 
> Probably the consumption on +5V is too high for the regulator on that rail so Commodore tried to mitigate that problem.
> 
> The note reads that this is needed for french devices. I think I have read somewhere that the french version of the C64 had a special board to transcode the PAL video signal to SECAM as used in france. That board might increase the power consumption.

Ah, that might explain! Does anyone here have that French version with extra transcoder board?