I used to have a little 13 in tv that could handle about anything I plugged into it, some are made to handle both pal and ntsc automatically. Ebay comes to mind, I am talking in the crt days, not sure if they still do all that for LCD tv's but why not?
Bill Degnan twitter: billdeg vintagecomputer.net On Jan 13, 2017 7:36 AM, "Tony Duell" <ard.p850...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Corey Cohen <appleco...@optonline.net> > wrote: > > So I have a friend who is originally from the U.K. He has his old BBC > micro from when > > he was a kid and wants to be able to use it here in the states. His > parents threw out his old TV in the U.K. > > There was actually an NTSC version of the BBC micro. I think you had > to fit a different colourburst crystal, > change a link to disable the phase switching of one of the colour > signals (which is what PAL means, of > course) and a different operating system ROM to reprogram the 6845 for > US rates. The last is probably the > hardest. But anyway... > > > > > > > Is there a way to use a BBC Micro PAL version with a modern US LCD TV? > Do some brands of modern > > TVs support both NTSC and PAL? Let's assume he may need to grab video > before the modulator. > > I don't know about US TVs, but a lot of UK TVs support NTSC video. > > You have 3 video outputs on the Beeb : > > UHF RF. This is the old UK analogue TV standard on what was channel > 36. PAL encoded > > Composite (on a BNC socket). This is UK scan rates, and monochrome by > default. Fitting a > link on the PCB will get PAL colour there. > > RGB (on a 6 pin DIN socket). TTL levels, 3 colour signals (so 8 > possible colours total) + sync. > If you can find a way to use that, do so. It gives by far the best picture. > > -tony >
