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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1080129" data-attributes="member: 176704">Come on!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> - many of Mr S's Amstrad (&quot;AMS Trading&quot; to the &quot;uninitiated&quot;! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />) weren't that bad - a couple of dirt cheap (I bought a &quot;non-working&quot; one for a tenner - and then fixed it!)) &quot;5000&quot; Rx did &quot;great service&quot; here in the '80s <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />, and a mesh 80/90cm mesh dish worked well for 30W for a long time until I got something &quot;better&quot; (??) - and all the &quot;nice&quot; stuff there went encrypted&nbsp; in the early 2000's <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sad.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" data-shortname=":(" />PS: my first PC was a Viglen in 1989 - and Viglen was much later bought by Amstrad, so I might have a &quot;vested interest&quot;<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1080129, member: 176704"] Come on!:D - many of Mr S's Amstrad ("AMS Trading" to the "uninitiated"! :D) weren't [I]that[/I] bad - a couple of dirt cheap (I bought a "non-working" one for a tenner - and then fixed it!)) "5000" Rx did "great service" here in the '80s :D, and a mesh 80/90cm mesh dish worked well for 30W for a long time until I got something "better" (??) - and all the "nice" stuff there went encrypted in the early 2000's :( PS: my first PC was a Viglen in 1989 - and Viglen was much later bought by Amstrad, so I might have a "vested interest":D [/QUOTE]

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