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- Macintosh Plus, SE: Modifying Screen Refresh Rate For NTSC Video
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- Article Created: 10 November 1988
- Article Last Reviewed: 24 July 1992
- Article Last Updated:
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- TOPIC -----------------------------------------------------------
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- Some Macintosh users have wondered about shooting a television picture of
- the screen of a Macintosh SE or Macintosh Plus: Why does video-camera
- footage of the Macintosh result in a rolling bar across the image of the
- computer screen? Can anything be done to solve the problem? And if so,
- will the Macintosh run correctly after that?
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- DISCUSSION ------------------------------------------------------
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- The "rolling bar" results from the Macintosh SE or Macintosh Plus
- computer's refresh rate (vertical scan rate) of 60.15 Hz, when
- television's refresh (vertical scan) rate is 59.94 Hz.
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- You can use an external or internal clock at 15.612515 MHz (.35% of the
- Macintosh's internal clock) to stabilize the scan line that rolls down the
- screen. There are three problems with this:
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- - Such adjustments void the computer's warranty.
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- - Ordering a specific oscillator usually takes anywhere from 8 to 12 weeks.
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- - Once stabilized, the visible scan line will remain visible on the screen.
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- You might be able to start it within the retrace period (where it rolls
- off bottom and begins on the top), but the odds are against it.
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- After the adjustments discussed above, the Macintosh would not be running
- correctly -- at least in a technical sense. The screen refresh rate would
- be incorrect, and other Macintosh components dependent on the internal
- clock would be slowed down accordingly. There are many possible problems,
- but applications would probably continue to function without anyone
- noticing any real problems for some time.
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- Copyright 1988 Apple Computer, Inc.
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