Re: Diskdrive loading problem

From: Stephen Judd (judd_at_merle.acns.nwu.edu)
Date: 1998-09-20 06:17:53

> > > Can anyone confirm this?  Is there really a multistandard version of
> > > the 1084?  At least my 1084 only recognizes PAL colors.  Yes, it
> > > synchronizes to both 50Hz and 60Hz vsync frequencies, but I have to
> > > use a separate video converter to get colors from NTSC machines.
> > 
> > I think all versions of the 1084 only understand one colour standard, either
> > PAL or NTSC.
> 
> Although I've never seen one, several people have told me that
> some 1084 monitors work with either standard, in full colour.
> Nobody has ever told me exactly how you know if it works with
> both standards, besides the obvious "try it".
> 
> A few guys on #c-64 have monitors that work in colour with both
> their PAL and NTSC machines.

Who?

Personally, I have come to view these rumors with enormous skepticism.
The only guy I knew who claimed to have one of these monitors was
mpython, and I was never able to verify it -- this was years ago.

These monitors just seem too rare to me; it's hard to believe that
C= did some special production run.  I have 1080's and 1084's from
1986-1990, and not one of them does PAL (composite signal of course)
color, at least not with my PAL-converted 64.

I'm not saying I don't believe it -- just that I'll believe it when
I see it.  And I would like to have one, of course :).

-Steve

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