Philips G7000

From: Matt Pritchard <MPritchard_at_Ensemble-Studios.com>
Date: Thu Aug 14 21:45:46 1997

A Composite video conversion is pretty easy; I converted a G7400 over in
about 5 minutes.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk
> [SMTP:Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 1997 6:20 AM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: Philips G7000
>
> > > collectible. (What is the G7000 anyway? Yes, I did buy it! It
> has an
> > > 8048 as the CPU, of all things!)
> >
> > It is a video game system that is compatible with the Magnavox
> Odessey^2
> >
> > Do you have any cartridges for it. If not then I have a few
> duplicates.
>
> Yes thanks, I have four or five. I don't expect to use the thing
> until
> I can find out how to get composite video or RGB out, since I don't
> possess a television.
>
> [For those of you not in the UK, here one requires a licence to
> operate
> "Television Receiving Apparatus", which I think includes any TV with a
>
> UHF tuner, but not a monitor. The licence fee is (without looking up
> either the current fee or the exchange rate) about $120 a year, and I
> am
> not prepared to pay this. So I don't have a TV - and seldom miss it.]
>
> Philip.
Received on Thu Aug 14 1997 - 21:45:46 BST

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