Re: [stella] Atari 7800 question

Subject: Re: [stella] Atari 7800 question
From: John Vivian Matthews <jvmatthe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:06:04 -0500
On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 03:36:24PM +0100, Eckhard Stolberg wrote:
> I think that at least the MARIA chip is different between the PAL
> and the NTSC consoles. And the clock frequency might be a little
> different too, but I'm not sure if that would matter.

On the modification to switch a C=64 from NTSC to PAL (or back) you need to
replace the VIC-II (video) chip and a crystal.  I wouldn't be surprised
if the 7800 would need a similar change.

matt

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