Amiga 500 NTSC/PAL Switch - The You're Not Stupid Guide
47These days you'll find no shortage of people who seem to recommend trashing your NTSC Amiga in favor of getting hold of a PAL model. I'm of firm belief they lack the knowledge of just how many NTSC games there actually are, but regardless of your opinion about which mode has the better games, I just wish for all to understand both made great games. So how about we have our cake and eat it too? With this internal modification to your Amiga 500, you can switch between either mode to best fit the game you're playing.
My written guide for this NTSC/PAL toggle switch, with some more detailed information: http://shot97retro.blogspot.com/2018/09/amiga-500-ntscpal-toggle-switch-written.html
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00:00 - The ROM, she can fly!
00:10 - Introduction
01:18 - Wealth of NTSC games
02:21 - Test Drive II example
04:38 - Not too hard to switch modes on the Amiga
06:17 - Software option using Degrader
08:33 - Requirements for your 500 (Agnus + board revision)
10:42 - Motherboards are cheap if you want to upgrade
12:00 - A simple bit of solder to a jumper + pin mod
13:33 - Don't do destructive mods
14:50 - In a sea of possible mods, I recommend this above all
17:23 - Taking apart the Amiga
20:18 - Taking the cover off, keyboard, RF shield
22:33 - Overview of my motherboard
23:09 - Overview of our goal, jumper 4
23:44 - A look at the revision 5 board
26:45 - Looking at a spare revision 6 board
28:35 - Soldering to my spare board
31:15 - Soldering to my real board for the first time
32:10 - Testing switch for the first time
34:45 - Drilling a hole for the switch
35:53 - Wiring up the switch
37:53 - It won't work without doing this/second test
39:42 - The reason I wanted this switch
43:02 - Putting the Amiga back together
47:59 - Final thoughts/NSlate
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The You're Not Stupid Guide - Ep. 4x1 - Amiga 500 NTSC/PAL Switch