On Fri, 30 Sep 1994, Chris J. Golya wrote: > I always thought that ntsc stood for Never Twice the Same Colour.... > being English and fortunate enough to watch mainly PAL (what does that stand > for) > NTSC = Never Twice (the) Same Colour PAL = Pictures At Last SECAM = System Essentially Contrary (to the) American Method --------------------------------------------------------------------- W. Mark Ritchie Phone : (519) 888-4070 Media Library Fax : (519) 888-6197 Audio Visual Centre University of Waterloo Internet: [log in to unmask] 200 University Ave West Waterloo, Ontario, Canada "I was just out of college and still believed N2L 3G1 classifications and categories" - Jean Renoir ---------------------------------------------------------------------