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From: James Rutherford <hexheroes@writeme.com>
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Subject: Re: PAL -> NTSC?
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 11:58:39 +0100
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Elliott Lee wrote:

> Short of buying an international TV, does anyone know how to convert
> PAL signals to NTSC?  I'd love to be able to see/play PAL-native
> programs...  :)

If you've no qualms, you can pick up a NTSC/PAL exe converter from the
Naplam hacker site (napalm.intelinet.com).
It's quite a tidy program and I guess it just does a bit of code
substitution around the SetVideoMode(x) bit.

Works for all PAL->NTSC conversions (though screen size and frame
skipping might occur with some software).
Works for some NTSC->PAL conversions (no problems with screen size or
frame rate, but the source code may not contain a video mode switch - so
might flunk completely).

Probably a bit too cheap-and-cheerful for your needs...

James (~mrfrosty)