[torontocbm] Re: "BMD" Amiga PAL Boot Disk
- From: "Miraglia, Walter" <Walter.Miraglia@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 23:32:18 -0500
Howdy, did you order from amigakit?
If so please let us know what the experience is like,
I have been thinking about getting a 1200 from there,
(but for now sticking to 8 bit it seams...)
:)
-----Original Message-----
From: torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jeff Bourdeau
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:31 PM
To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: "BMD" Amiga PAL Boot Disk
I just purchased an Amiga 1200 & misc.-games from the UK and its en-route
as we speak...
This sounds like the type of disk/software that may be with it whenever it
arrives.....I can let you know when it does arrive and if you can let me
know then more about the disk/software you are looking for perhaps I can
help...?
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From: "Ken Rath" <kenrath@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 9:41 PM
To: <torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [torontocbm] "BMD" Amiga PAL Boot Disk
> I was wondering if anyone might still have a copy of the "BMD" Amiga PAL
> Boot Disk that used to be shipped with Amiga games that were made in
> Europe.
>
> Back around 1992 I worked for a computer distributor in Woodstock, Ontario
> called BMD (British Magazine Distributors). It brought over a good number
> of Amiga (and later PC) games from Europe. Initially, there was a problem
> with some of these games because they wouldn't run properly on the NTSC
> Amigas. Shortly thereafter someone created the "BMD" Amiga PAL Boot Disk.
> It was included with every Amiga game from Europe that BMD shipped to the
> Amiga Dealers here in Canada (and also the USA).
>
> An Amiga owner would first boot from the PAL Boot Disk. As long as that
> Amiga had the 1MB Fat Agnus the boot disk would "change" the Amiga from
> NTSC (50Hz) mode to PAL (60Hz) mode. After that the Amiga owner could
> then boot the Amiga game from Europe and it would usually work without any
> issues.
>
> I know that with a lot people using emulators nowadays to run Amiga ADF
> games there is really no need for using the PAL Boot disk. However, I
> have been converting a few ADF files to DSDD Amiga disks and have
> discovered that a lot of the ADF Amiga Games I've found are the
> "European/PAL" versions.
>
> I've been looking for an ADF copy of the PAL Boot Disk - or something like
> it - but so far I haven't found any. I was hoping that someone might
> still have a copy of one lying around. If so, would you be able to make
> me a copy or make me an ADF file of the disk and E-mail it to me?
>
> Sorry to be a bit long winded (above). I wasn't sure how many people knew
> or remembed about those PAL boot disks.
>
> Thanks for your help! :)
>
>
> Ken Rath
>
>
>
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