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Old 11-28-2014, 01:18 AM
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When I was in college around 30 odd years ago, There was a 'roundie' in the corner of the electronics lab.

The lecturer said it was a Philips, but it didnt look like any Philips Ive ever seen before--or since. Looked a bit like some of your RCA roundie chassis...

A steel chassis full of valves, a metal black box on the right hand side and this fixed to a front wooden board that sorta held the round CRT, and front trim etc....

Lecturer (Who was quite a character) said it was--his words--'Never Twice The Same Colour' meaning NTSC and 110V, VHF Tuner and that it didn't work.....

Cant remember much more about it--but who knows, Swansea College being what Swansea College is--Its probably still there! Maybe I should pay a call there.....

--This set may somehow be related to the time when colour standards were being investigated by both Australia and UK....
I reckon it's definitely a lead worth following up! Roundies outside North America aren't exactly common beasties.


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Can't wait to see it restored to its former glory, displaying the "Glorious Lollipop Color" Roundies are famous for. A well-set up roundie-and a LOT of them never really were- is truly a sight to behold. Ya done GOOD !
So am I! Except I'm not going to post the usual "Wizard of Oz" photograph... More like "King of the Hill"..!
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Old 11-28-2014, 01:42 PM
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I'm not going to post the usual "Wizard of Oz" photograph......
The wizard: "Ignore that man behind the curtain, he's the IT guy working on the servers."
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