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On 6/20/2012 9:51 AM, Kris Barratt wrote:
> Hey guys. Actually the pal units are converted American systems. They
> will run turbo games but not PCE games.  Thanks
>
> Kris
>
> Sent from my Commodore 64
>
> On Jun 20, 2012, at 12:31, "Bryan aka R.I.P."<xxxxxx@gamezero.com>  wrote:
>
>> As far as I know... US cards will not work in the PAL units because they
>> are converted Japanese systems, so region lock-out applies.
>>
>> Power supply? I don't know. You'll need to compare connectors and
>> voltage/amp requirements. I'm not familiar with George's listing though
>> to see what you're talking about. For sure the TG-16 power-supply is not
>> going to work with any of the PCE/Duo models.
>>
>> Can't speak to any degree about slow-down issues. I imagine there are
>> games where it will be an issue though since I've seen the problem on
>> other consoles from that era.
>>
>> The card converters only work with US systems if nothing else but due to
>> the region lockout issue on Japanese systems.
>>
>> Personally, unless you have a really good compelling reason to buy a PAL
>> system (eg, collection completion-ism) I would say just buy a Japanese
>> system directly and not deal with the headaches. I just did an e-bay
>> scan and see systems from anywhere from $90 to $300, fwiw.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>> On 6/18/2012 1:03 PM, dgalzerano1 wrote:
>>> Hey, folks...
>>>
>>> I've a few questions which will probably amount to old hat for most of you
>>> guys, but I can't seem to find answers through Googling.
>>>
>>> I'm debating about picking up a NOS PAL Turbo Grafx from ebay (George
>>> posted a link to them on eBay quite awhile back - they're still around).
>>> I'm in the US, so NTSC is the region here, of course. I know that many
>>> newer CRTs will display PAL frequencies with no problems, and I know that
>>> you can easily RGB mod the PCE family of systems allowing for them to be
>>> used with an RGB monitor that will also easily handle the PAL frequencies.
>>> Are there any other problems or caveats to using a PAL system in the US?
>>>
>>> What kind of power adapter would I need? Or would it work fine with my US
>>> TG16 power adapter?
>>>
>>> Is there a problem with slow-down due to the 50/60hz frequencies? (playing
>>> PAL/Japanese cartridges on my US SNES/NES systems, sometimes the games play
>>> slower - SFC Return of Double Dragon does this)
>>>
>>> And lastly, what about HuCards? We all know about the Region lockout for
>>> PCE/TG16 Hucards, but how does this work in relation to PAL units? Are they
>>> compatible with US hucards or Japanese hucards? (I have a Kisado from the
>>> final run that was sold through the original TZD, but don't think this
>>> would be usable in anything other than a US TG16)
>>>
>>> Sorry for what is probably alot of stupid questions - short of my Duo-R,
>>> I've never used or tried to use a system from another region.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any light you guys can shed!
>>>
>>> -David
>>>
>>
>>