[Coco] PAL vs NTSC GIME detection?

Mark McDougall msmcdoug at iinet.net.au
Thu Jan 26 20:18:21 EST 2017


On 26/01/2017 6:43 AM, Nick Marentes wrote:

Thanks to Simon, Brett & Nick for your responses!

> There is not need to. The palettes are the same for both PAL and CMP on
> a PAL CoCo3.

Yes, this is exactly why I want to be able to detect PAL/NTSC, so I can 
skip the RGB/CMP question for PAL machines!

> To check if you are running a PAL or NTSC CoCo3, check the SECB ROM at
> $E033 for a value of 8. If it is 8, then I know it's a PAL unit.

Nice and simple - thanks Nick!

Regards,

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Mark McDougall
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