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   From: rbernardo@iglou.com   
      
   The following is an edited e-conversation between Jeri Ellsworth and   
   myself, held on Saturday, October 15, at the #c64friends chat on   
   irc.eskimo.com   She answers certain PAL DTV questions.   
      
      
   RobertB> Jeri, I'm going to crack open my PAL DTV tomorrow.  Anything I   
   should be looking for?  :-)   
      
    The PAL DTV is less, less friendly to work on than the NTSC.  I   
   couldn't get everything on test points, so you have to solder to small   
   resistors.   
      
   RobertB> Ooo, I wouldn't know where to begin, Jeri.  :-)  However, is it   
   true that the PDF's for it are entirely different than what is currently   
   on the board?   
      
    The PDF should be mostly correct.  They just took some stuff out   
   and renamed a few parts.   
      
   RobertB> Jeri, there was a question that whether the F7 bug in the DTV has   
   been fixed in the PAL version. Nick Coplin had that question. Was it   
   fixed?   
      
    I think f7 is still messed up.   
      
   RobertB> Jeri, why is the PAL DTV board less friendly?  Is it because of   
   the penny-pinchers at Mammoth Toys?   
      
    I don't think it was the penny-pinching this time.  More like   
   they could see the need to spend an extra minutes laying out the test   
   points.   
      
   RobertB> Oh, they made it that way to facilitate faster DTV production.   
   And so, faster production means more efficiency which means saved money.   
      
                                            Truly,   
                                            Robert Bernardo   
                                            Fresno Commodore User Group   
                                            http://videocam.net.au/fcug   
      
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