Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bruce!trlluna!rhea!aduncan From: aduncan@rhea.trl.oz (Allan Duncan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Colour-encoded video on 500/2000's Message-ID: <738@trlluna.trl.oz> Date: 29 Sep 89 06:46:15 GMT Sender: root@trlluna.trl.oz Lines: 14 There was a query a little while back about why there is no encoded colour on 500 and 2000's like there was on the 1000. The main advantage is that, given dual-standard special chips (Agnus?) you can use the identical hardware for PAL and NTSC, since the standard-dependant hardware (the encoder) is not there! The PAL 1000 was physically different to the NTSC, apart from the different chip mask - there is a different oscillator for the colour to start with. Since most of us use RGB monitors, only those who NEED encoders need buy them. Allan Duncan ACSnet aduncan@rhea.trl.oz ARPA aduncan%rhea.trl.oz@uunet.uu.net UUCP {uunet,hplabs,ukc}!munnari!rhea.trl.oz!aduncan Telecom Research Labs, PO Box 249, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.