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From: Alex Herbert <aherbert@ndirect.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: black&white
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:56:42 +0000
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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George Bain wrote:

>
>
> Hi there,
>
> Yes, there is another way.  When the PlayStation first boots up the video
> mode
> defaults to NTSC.  If you do a GetVideoMode() at the startup it will be
> NTSC.
> So lets check the product code ( product code is different in all 3
> territories)
> on the Net Yaroze Boot Disc.  If the file is not found we now know that the
> user
> has a NTSC machine.  Check the code below..
>
> P.S.  Note, you have to use a scart cable to see color in NTSC mode.
>
>         if( CdSearchFile(&file, "\\DTL_S30.35;1") == 0)
>            {
>               printf("Boot file not found... MODE_NTSC enabled \n");
>               SetVideoMode( MODE_NTSC );
>               video_mode = GetVideoMode();
>            }
>          else
>            {
>               printf("Boot file found... MODE_PAL enabled \n");
>               SetVideoMode( MODE_PAL );
>               video_mode = GetVideoMode();
>            }
>
> Regards,
>
> George@SCEE

Now that is one hell of an answer.  That is so cool.  And there was me counting
hsyncs...

Herbs