subjugator Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Guys, I've been trying to find a definitive answer to this question but no luck so far. Hoping someone can help me out. I live in Canada and have 2 NTSC Ataris (XEGS and 130xe) hooked up to a multi-system Sony TV brought from Europe. Issue is I grew up in Europe and my memories of Atari are closely tied to PAL systems - which are noticeably different in terms of picture, colours and speed to NTSC counterparts. My question is this - if I buy a PAL Atari from Europe can I connect it to power supply from an NTSC system - or do I have to use a power transformer ? In other words is the output of Atari power supply AC or DC? Thanks a lot in a dance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 (edited) 400/800 and 1200XL is 9V AC to the computer, all later wide release machines are 5V DC. The power supply used should relevant to what your mains from the wall is (and the machine type of course), the computers don't care, even a 400 from Europe will be fine on a 9V AC 60Hz PS in N America. Edited September 28, 2016 by Rybags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subjugator Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 Great - thanks a lot for explaining this. I am thinking along the lines of 800xl so it should be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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