Date   : Thu, 12 Feb 2004 23:16:04 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: domesday bah!

On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 22:55, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
> In article <1076596086.18982.73.camel@...>, Jules
> Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> writes
> 
> >well I now have three Domesday LVROM players which play video and
> >communicate with the host system perfectly. Unfortuantely all three of
> >the darn things have dead genlock boards :(
> 
> Are you *sure* it's not the Philips monitor?  

Yep, I'm running it through the TV at the moment - although I do have
one of the proper monitors and couldn't get that to work via SCART; I'll
have to check that connector :)

At the moment with all three units I get the LV display but no overlay
from the BBC input (cursor etc). The one still at the museum is the
same, with the exception that that one does work for about 30 mins from
cold. 

Maybe they all have a common fault (I'm hoping the SAA1043 sync chips
aren't prone to dying; I don't imagine those are too easy to track down
these days). Will know more when I get the 'scope on one this weekend
(and take some readings from the "working" unit at the museum).

I was hoping they all had blown input buffers on the RGB but
unfortunately it's more serious than that :(

cheers

Jules