Author: Shiuming Lai (cache-ink1-cro-hsi.cableinet.co.uk)
Date: 11-14-2002 10:09
I have a C-LAB MKX. I don't think there is anything different about the VIDEL - at the time, there were rumours from the UK distributor that there would be a new C-LAB "Super Falcon" with all sorts of gizmos including TOS 5, better DSP and video (twin VIDEL if I remember correctly) but of course it didn't happen. C-LAB took stock Atari motherboards, got rid of the bass boost, did the clock patch mod for SCSI stability and removed the internal SCSI terminator and fitted pin headers, onto which it plugged its own-designed PCB to interface to an internal 2.5" SCSI hard disk. Even the cases are stock Atari ones (a UK dealer used to supply C-LAB a lot of empty Atari Falcon shells left over from rack or tower re-casing upgrades), with a C-LAB badge. On the MKX, the RF modulator was removed, there is no hole on the back of the case for it. Be careful with the MKX, the cases were available as upgrades for existing Falcon owners, so it might not actually be a C-LAB modified board inside.
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