In article ,
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Towards the end of
405 line in Eire (last 5 years I think), their standards converter broke
down, and rather than fix it they used a 405 line camera pointed at a
625 monitor (more or less).

Surprised they could find a working one. In the UK, a 405 line camera
would have been B&W, and all those in use were colour long before 405 got
switched off.

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*It was all so different before everything changed.

Dave Plowman London SW
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