Re: C64 French version (narrow board)

From: Gerrit Heitsch <*gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de*> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 17:27:32 +0200 Message-ID: <ea378561-0c62-8f2e-c695-3bba18fae185_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de> · gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de

On 8/22/22 16:20, ruud_at_baltissen.org wrote:
> Hallo Patryk,
> 
> 
>> It weren't only the French who had this problem ;-)
> 
> I completely forgot, Poland had SECAM as well! Brings back memories like 
> buying a CCCP 4 inch B/W television for peanuts, only to find at home I 
> had forgotten about the SECAM. Sold it to a guy for a nice price, 
> offered, not asked, who had a French C64.

I thought when it comes to black&white SECAM and PAL were compatible?

> Another memory, in 1992 a shop sold C64s for 1,000,000 Złotich, about 
> $45. I was tempted to buy one until my girlfriend, now wife, remembered 
> me about the SECAM signal.

Yes, but there is no SECAM VIC, so you would have been able to convert 
it back to PAL easily.

  Gerrit