Date   : Thu, 24 Dec 1998 18:10:12 +0000
From   : Stuart William McConnachie <stuart@...>
Subject: Re: BBCs in Canada

In message <36825039.E6811977@...>, Chris Richardson
<chris@...> writes
>Does anyone know anything about BBCs shipped to Canada? 
Canada and the US have a different TV standard (NTSC, not 512 line PAL
as in the UK).  NTSC works at 60Hz and has fewer horizontal lines.
Therefore the BBC screen had to be shrunk vertically by a few lines in
each mode for it to fit.  A special version of the OS was produced by
Acorn to do this, together with a version of BASIC where the keyword
COLOUR was spelt COLOR (Very considerate of them as I recall none of the
American computer manufacturers bothered to do the reverse!).

>Canada uses a
>voltage of 110 v at 60 cycles.
Just like the US.

>Any suggestions as to how someone in Canada could use a real BBC?
Even if you get a UK BBC working, you're still going to have problems
displaying the output.  You'll probably also need a PAL TV or UK Monitor
converted to work at 110v 60Hz.
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