Date   : Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:00:12 +0100
From   : darren.storer@... (Storer, Darren)
Subject: A few more Beeb bits to save from the tip

Quite a few monitors ended up sat on top of the "side by side" Cumana drive
packs, which resulted in degaussing being required for the metal cases
after extended use...

On 23 July 2010 20:17, Alex Taylor <zeem.uk@...> wrote:

> On 22 July 2010 16:51, Rick Murray <rick@...> wrote:
>
> > Can't imagine side by side. It just seems such a clumsy
> > (space-inefficient) way to do it.
>
> It is. I've had quite a few of the Cumana ones, and I think I still
> have one somewhere with the tatty remains of its cardboard box, in my
> loft or shed. They might make some kind of sense if they could be put
> on top of the monitor, or underneath it if there was some kind of
> stand with a shelf in it, but the cables are so short they'll only go
> in one place, which I found to be incredibly annoying.
>
> That's why they were the first to go, bundled with a load of Masters
> and Model Bs I sold on eBay a while back.
>
> --
> Alex Taylor
>
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