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In article <4f4tce$k0c@rc1.vub.ac.be>, Antoon Pardon
<mailto:apardon@rc1.vub.ac.be> wrote:
> 
> Wel mijn Archimedes heeft het begeven. De winkel waar ik
> hen gekocht heb is na een tweetal jaren gestopt met
> acorn produckten. Aangezien het voor mij om een louter
> hobby masjine ging, heb ik niet erg uitgekeken naar
> andere adressen maar nu kan ik niet langer zonder.
> 
> In het kort dus.
> 
> Kan er iemand mij adressen doorsturen waar ik mijn
> Archimedes zou kunnen laten herstellen. Voorkeur
> voor de omgeving van Brussel maar ik sta open
> voor elk adres in Belgie of Nederland.
> 

You have been reading too many comics lately, as even in Dutch
machine is spelled machine and not masjine. See
"de Herziene Woordenlijst Nederlandse taal" for
the official spelling. This list was made for both
the Dutch and Belgian government,so even the Flemish should
obey to it.

Why sent a mailing in Dutch to an international newsgroup ?

Anyway, I think I may have all your answers:

In Holland ECD Computers is the company that imported >90%
of all Acorn computers. I know they have done some trading 
in Belgium as well and possibly acted as an intermediate
for your machine as wel. They are not particularly fond of
repairing computers that they didnot sell, but if you combine it
with an upgrade, they will probably do it. It is best to contact 
Andre van de Berg and explain him of the dealership problem. 
Worst thing may be that he gives you the Belgian dealer list.
ECD Computers may be reached at the following addres:

ECD Computers
Business Park Zuidflank
Patrijsweg 76
2289 EX Rijswijk
Nederland

phone ++31-70-3194343
fax   ++31-70-3194963
e-mail  ecd@euronet.nl


If they won't do it, I can supply you with the addresses of two other
Dutch Acorn dealrs, with smaller and less well supplied repairshops.

However, you may also take any recent Acorn User and look for
one of the U.K. based Acorn dealers offering repair-services.

On average, the UK-based companies perform better, both time- and
money-wise than the average Dutch PC-box-mover. For the older machines,
hardly any spares are kept in stock by the dealers in Holland (i.e.
it took 6 weeks to swap the motherboard of my A4 last year)

Good luck !

-- 
Judocus J.J.Borm
Email: j3bkjjm@xs4all.nl