Re: Converting a Commodore 64 from NTSC to PAL

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:15:04 +0200
Message-Id: <A20C1FDE-3627-4D36-BDEC-303696B27869@wfmh.org.pl>
On 2012-04-12, at 11:04, Marko Mäkelä wrote:

>> Does anyone have any experience converting a Commodore 64 from NTSC to PAL?
> 
> I have gone from PAL to NTSC. You will need to replace the VIC-II, the crystal and the jumper for choosing the divider. For NTSC, it is 14.318181MHz/14, and PAL is 17.734472MHz/18.
> [...]
> If you want to be perfect, then I guess you would also want to replace the ToD clock source of the CIAs [...]

And the RF modulator.. I recall doing it for a customer some ages ago, in the late eighties ;-)

But for today, isn't it better/easier to grab a working PAL C64? Unless the conversion is to be done for pure fun of doing it that is..

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