8 inch floppy drives

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Fri Nov 9 02:07:03 2001

On Nov 9, 2:29, Iggy Drougge wrote:
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Pete Turnbull skrev:
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> >Eh? Normally PAL is the higher resolution, 625 vertical lines rather
than
> >525, and 6.5MHz bandwidth rather than whatever NTSC normally uses
> >(5.something, IIRC).
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> Didn't the UK switch to 650 line PAL in the late sixties?

No, 625. But that was when ew changed from monochrome on VHF (Band I/III)
to a colour service on UHF. Same as other parts of Europe (slightly
different PAL standard, though).


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Pete						Peter Turnbull
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						University of York
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