Date   : Thu, 12 Sep 2013 22:26:55 +0100
From   : bmcollier@... (Ben Collier)
Subject: Domesday System

I wonder if the museum of computing at Bletchley already has one of these.


On 12 September 2013 22:13, J Rowbottom <joel@...> wrote:

>  Hi everyone --
>
>  I am currently in the middle of a shedload of personal changes in my
>  life, and as such I'm going to be ridding myself of a substantial amount
>  of Beeb gear* in the fairly near future. I'll ask for expressions of
>  interest closer to the time (so please don't bombard me with 'do you
>  have' type requests), but...
>
>  I am selling my Domesday system.
>
>  This comprises:
>  - LV player
>  - LV player remote
>  - BBC Master AIV
>  - Discs for Community, National, and a set of boxed Countryside discs
>  - Box for the discs, manual, and a few other bits and bobs of
>  cards/guides
>  - Monitor (not original Domesday one, but same model)
>  - Trackball
>  - Documentation from the original submission kit sent to schools
>  - Service manual as a PDF
>
>  This works, WITH THE FOLLOWING CAVEATS:
>
>  a) The sound from the LV player is extremely quiet, so much as it's
>  nonexistent. This MAY be an easy fix if you want to have a go.
>  Picture/genlock etc. is fine.
>
>  b) Occasionally (especially when out of use for a long time) the
>  perpendicular focusing mechanism temporarily fails. However, it's quite
>  easy to un-stick it and get it going again (I've done so while at shows
>  with nothing more complicated than my little finger). Again, permanent
>  fix may be easy but it's a minor inconvenience so I haven't bothered
>  pulling it to bits.
>
>  It's the setup I've been touring at shows for a few years. It doesn't
>  seem to overheat - I've run it for 6-8 hours at a stretch on
>  demonstration and it's been fine.
>
>  I do not really want to have to muck around with eBay, and I do not
>  want to donate it for free/gratis to a museum as it cost me money in the
>  first place to obtain it and get it going. I will not split the bits, it
>  goes as a complete setup.
>
>  If any organisation or person would like to make me an initial
>  (SENSIBLE) offer commensurate with age and condition for the entire lot,
>  please contact me privately and offlist at joel@... Feel
>  free to forward this to other parties you feel may be interested. I am
>  looking to sort this out fairly soon as I am having a major clearout and
>  would like it to go to a good home!
>
>  Cheers anyway and hope you're all well,
>
>  jess
>  x
>
>
>  * Econet stuff ranks fairly highly, as do coprocessors.
>
>
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