Oz C128D in mint condition

[Mangelore]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190090463838

Someone from the States just bought this 240V baby. Imagine what will happen when it's juiced with 110 Volts.... after spending a fortune on shipping charges :rolleyes:

[commodor]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190090463838

Someone from the States just bought this 240V baby. Imagine what will happen when it's juiced with 110 Volts.... after spending a fortune on shipping charges :rolleyes:

Big price - postage would come to a pretty good wad of cash too I reckon. Still it looks like it's in v.good condition. Maybe he wants it as a collectors piece ? Although you'd think that there would have to be something closer to him. Of course he might want a PAL machine ?

~@commodor@~

[Mangelore]

You're probably right... sometimes I think it would be nice to have an NTSC C128 for my collection.

[hydrophilic]

Australia doesn't use NTSC?

[Golan Klinger]

Australia doesn't use NTSC?

Australia uses the PAL standard. You may find this graphic interesting. It shows which parts of the world use what video standard. It sure would have been great (and economically efficient) if the world could have agreed on a single format.

[Andrew Wiskow]

You may find this graphic interesting.

That is interesting...  I find is especially interesting that Western Sahara is listed as "no info".  I find it hard to believe that NONE of the 273,000 people there have TV's...

-Andrew

[Golan Klinger]

You may find this graphic interesting.

That is interesting...  I find is especially interesting that Western Sahara is listed as "no info".  I find it hard to believe that NONE of the 273,000 people there have TV's...

Yeah, and what are the penguins watching? I don't know.

[Andrew Wiskow]

Yeah, and what are the penguins watching? I don't know.

hahahaha...  :skratta:

Maybe "no info" referrs to places that use multiple formats...  I imagine that in Antarctica, each country's station uses it's own format...  And Western Sahara may be a mix of PAL and SECAM.

-Andrew

[Mangelore]

Maybe "no info" referrs to places that use multiple formats...  I imagine that in Antarctica, each country's station uses it's own format...  And Western Sahara may be a mix of PAL and SECAM.

-Andrew

Hmmm, I wonder if they even have food to eat, let alone TV's...
http://www.globalpolicy.org/images/pictures/security/wsahara/indexpic1.gif

[hydrophilic]

Thanks for the graphic.  I had a (incorrect) visualization in my head: I thought Japan, Australia, and New Zealand all used NTSC.  So which flavor of PAL do you have?

[Blacklord]

Thanks for the graphic.  I had a (incorrect) visualization in my head: I thought Japan, Australia, and New Zealand all used NTSC.  So which flavor of PAL do you have?

Do you mean Australia ?

We use PAL- B in the UHF band for the moment. We are currently swapping to digital (DBV-T) with the swap supposed to be completed by the end of this decade. The federal government has been trying to convince everyone to swap but the uptake so far has been less than spectacular. Most free to air broadcasters (at least in the major cities) broadcast in both analogue & digital.

cheers,

Lance