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18th Sep 2017, 4:47 pm | #1 |
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Identifying old Philips Monitor
HI,
on the off chance that someone might recognise it, here is a picture of an old Philips monitor that I rescued a while ago from a neighbours loft. I must check but I think it had the option of a BNC or DIN socket input at the rear.
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19th Sep 2017, 10:34 am | #2 |
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Re: Identifying old Philips Monitor
Hi Peter,
is there no Model number anywhere? I am thinking Viewdata. Some better photos of the front controls and rear connections may help. Regards - Mike |
19th Sep 2017, 11:01 am | #3 |
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19th Sep 2017, 1:36 pm | #4 |
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Re: Identifying old Philips Monitor
If the type plate is missing, maybe take some pictures from the inside.
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19th Sep 2017, 2:07 pm | #5 |
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Re: Identifying old Philips Monitor
One thing is certain...it's not a domestic type especially if it has a BNC socket.
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19th Sep 2017, 5:20 pm | #6 |
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Re: Identifying old Philips Monitor
HI,
I couldn't find a model number, but I will take some photos of the internal parts. I haven't powered up the monitor, so I can't tell what colour the phosphor might be. ( but isn't there a way of shining uv light on it so that the phosphor illuminates ? )
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20th Sep 2017, 12:49 am | #7 |
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Re: Identifying old Philips Monitor
Hi,
sorry for this late post. Some more photos taken tonight. Sorry they are not better quality.
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20th Sep 2017, 7:19 am | #8 |
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Re: Identifying old Philips Monitor
Ah, so it's colour.
Any date codes on the ICs? Looks c.1980 to me. |
20th Sep 2017, 11:14 am | #9 |
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Re: Identifying old Philips Monitor
Those RGB connections are the same as the BBC microcomputer series, which was introduced in 1981 -- so this probably was intended as an alternative to the Microvitec CUB.
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20th Sep 2017, 11:19 am | #10 |
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Re: Identifying old Philips Monitor
Yes, my thought was 'BBC micro' both for the DIN socket and the BNC (which the Beeb used as the composite video output).
Philips, of course, later made monitors for Acorn (the ones for the Archimedes range were slightly modified CM8833s, etc) but I don't recognise this one. |
22nd Sep 2017, 2:36 pm | #11 |
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Re: Identifying old Philips Monitor
That octagonal surround rings a bell. It might be worth asking over on stardot.org.uk
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