Hello, I recently acquired my first Mac, a *Black* PowerMac 5500/250 from a secondhand dealer. Terribly exciting, delving into the 'other side' since all my other machines are PCs. But things haven't gone smoothly. Letting the dealer know I was a Mac newbie probably didn't help, because after a while using Mac OS and things not quite working the way that LEM was telling me they should, I realised that I actually had the guts of a 5400/180 and the shell of a 5500/250. Grr. I took it back and they didn't have any replacement 5500/250 motherboards, they seem pretty rare, but plenty of beige 5500/225s lying around. So I settled for the motherboard from a 225 in my 250. Pretty much the same thing, or is it? At the moment the most alluring thing about my Mac is its video in and TV capabilities. The 5400/180 motherboard also came from a black machine (which I believe are only found in the UK and other PAL territories - I'm in Australia) and played TV from a PAL s-video source ok. Now I have the beige 5500/225 motherboard and it seems to only like NTSC input. (I tested this by playing a region 4 (PAL) DVD and region 1 DVD (NTSC) plugged into the s-video). Now, if I can't plug in my PAL VCR, PAL N64 or PAL Dreamcast into my Mac because it wants NTSC input I'm going to be pretty annoyed and will give up on it and give the machine to a friend who is still doing her Uni assignments on a Classic, and never use a Mac again, remaining content with my Intel machines. Please someone, tell me I can flick a switch or change a setting to get PAL input to work on it? Please? Thanks, Toby. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/software.outlet.html> Star Wars Complete Collection on Video CD - $32.97 Back to the Future Collection on Video CD - $15.97 EurekaMovies.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/eureka.html> - - - - - PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
