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From: garyb@abekrd.co.uk (Gary Bartlett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Archimedes keyboard (and Acorn badged monitors)
Keywords: monitor
Message-ID: <1991Feb24.105353.2791@abekrd.co.uk>
Date: 24 Feb 91 10:53:53 GMT
References: <1991Feb19.160812.20483@cns.umist.ac.uk> <2313@cybaswan.UUCP> <1991Feb21.143445.22959@fwi.uva.nl> <2618@root44.co.uk>
Organization: Abekas Video Systems, Reading, UK.
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In <2618@root44.co.uk> stuart@root.co.uk (Stuart Boutell) writes:
>IMHO, the worst piece of kit that Acorn sell is their rebadged Philips
>monitor. The power supply on the one that came with my A310 blew up after
>13 months :-( and I wasn't been able to find anyone willing to take it in
>to repair! And I could tell you other peoples tales of woe about chronic
>gun alignment, power connection problems to IEC on the Archie, Sparking in
>damp weather, etc etc etc etc.

>I'm quite surprised Acorn don't re-sell the slightly more expensive and
>technically far superior 8833 instead. That way, people could watch TV
>via a modulator whilst the compiler chews their C :-)

Aha, this is EXACTLY what I do with my 8833.  I knew someone else must
also do the same.  I picked up mine from Twillstar Computers who were
throwing in a free TV Tuner (Philips) with it - great!

One thing that does annoy me with this monitor though (which may also be true
of the Acorn-badged model?) is the fact that although it advertises as having
stereo speakers accessible through the Scart connector, it doesn't tell you
that the two signals it requires are SUM and DIFFERENCE signals --- ie one
signal needs L + R, the other L - R --- most annoying! --- you can't just wire
in your Archimedes' sound output direct (well you can but it does weird
things when you pan the sound from left to right).  Does anyone make an
adapter?

                          +-------+
                          |       |
                  L ------>       -------> L + R
                          |       |
                  R ------>       -------> L - R
                          |       |
                          +-------+


Gary
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