A step down transformer only changes the voltage. It does not affect the frequency. You are still running at 60 Hz. Bill Dromgoole From: Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 2:52 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Bill Degnan Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] PAL C-64 on 1084-S? On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 9:51 AM Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Some of the discussion on this topic, suggests a lack of understanding of the differences between PAL and NTSC. A fundamental difference is: PAL uses 50Hz frame rates (vertical) and NTSC uses 60Hz. Why? It's AC power line frequency: the US uses 60Hz and the UK uses 50Hz. That has consequences.
This is why I don't understand why people don't just match up a PAL-native machine with a PAL monitor and plug them both into a step down transformer. Botta boom. It's all about the Hz of the AC power. Change the Hz and you have a "PAL environment", no need to special converters, etc. Bill