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
