Thread: Ortonview PCB
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Old 3rd Aug 2021, 9:04 pm   #175
Mark1960
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Default Re: Ortonview PCB

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Originally Posted by SiriusHardware View Post
I thought of another interesting issue as well, specifically relating to Mark. He's in a 60Hz country and the original SOC VDU and Ortonview are both designed to produce a 50Hz framerate.
I brought a small Samsung lcd tv to Canada from the Uk, as it runs on 110 to 240v and supports both PAL and NTSC, as most uk tvs do. The advantage of a company paid move was I just brought everything, including boxes of magazines going back to the 60s.

Unfortunately Canadian TVs don’t work on PAL, so my old LG DVD player only worked in monochrome on the big TV even though I had the region unlock code, but it stopped working last year and I haven’t tried to get it working again yet. Suspect it might be bit rot, but could just be battery backup.

I use the small TV for experimenting with the TMS9x18 and was planning to try with the 29 version at some point. I’ll use it for the Ortonview but I can also try on an NTSC only TV later.
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