Folks,
I’ve been attempting to give a new life to a Barco Data 708 (S, I think). Everything appears to work OK. There is some wear on all tubes (even the red :eek:) but it’s even and wide so doesn’t really matter.
It’s got HD 145 lenses but these don’t appear to be colour filtered or corrected (didn’t know they did them in vanilla).
Lido and Iris 3. All together a nice little set.

However… How many fans should it have?
I ask because it appears to be blowing hot air out the front and sucking room temp air in the back. Now I remember my old Data 701 sucking in at the front and blowing out at the back. Did Barco change it or has someone been fiddling? I also notice that there is a fan on rubber mounts in the left hand side, under the blue (front/table) looking at the front, but there is no fan on the right hand side under the red, despite the holes in the chassis for one. Has someone removed a fan in an attempt to quieten it? – If so, I’m amazed it hasn’t blown up by now. After a couple of hours use in a cool room it was starting to get a bit warm. :confused:

Is there a 708 owner out there somewhere? :)

Is there a 708 owner out there somewhere? :)

I've got one in storage... I may be able to dust it off today.
If i get time I'll eyebal some of the components you are talking about.

Thanks! :)

This afternoon... I'll email myself to remind me. I', taking 1/2 day off to prep the car to drive 1/4 the way cross country and back (with luck and lots of caffine all at once) to pick up my new toy ;)

Oh do tell...! - New toy with 9" tubes, perhaps?

Oh do tell...! - New toy with 9" tubes, perhaps?

GL 9501LC, wrapped in the worlds' largest RPTV chassis. All told, including getting a trailer hitch on my car and fuel, the thing'll have cost me about $1300 ;) (That, and the 1500 mile roadtrip :eek::eek::eek: )

Attached are a few images which illustrate the question.

The two dusty fans are blowing in from the rear of the 708
There is only one fan, again blowing in, under the blue tube. The picture shows the aperture a fan could fit into.
Is this configuration standard?