From 90b921ac5eaebf8a115bfa8f973d9aebb4f4ce47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Werner <cwer542@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 08:57:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(init): a Blade is PAL without detecting it

With ARNITECH_BLADE, setup_pal_ntsc skips the raster wait that tells PAL from
NTSC, which would hang with no VIC-II, and sets PAL: a Blade runs at the PAL
C64's clock.
---
 src/kernal/init/setup_pal_ntsc.s | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/kernal/init/setup_pal_ntsc.s b/src/kernal/init/setup_pal_ntsc.s
index c887f904..d5fd6745 100644
--- a/src/kernal/init/setup_pal_ntsc.s
+++ b/src/kernal/init/setup_pal_ntsc.s
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 setup_pal_ntsc:
 
+!ifndef CONFIG_ARNITECH_BLADE {
+
 	lda VIC_RASTER
 @1:
 	cmp VIC_RASTER
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ setup_pal_ntsc:
 	cmp #$07
 	bcc setup_ntsc
 
+} ; a Blade runs at the PAL C64's clock (arnitech's ADR 0029)
+
 	; FALLTROUGH
 
 setup_pal: