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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

In article <4f4tce$k0c@rc1.vub.ac.be>,
apardon@rc1.vub.ac.be (Antoon Pardon) wrote:


>
>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 might try ECD in Delft 015 14 76 43 Andre van den Berg

Regards Mike Glover

In article <ant0800420b0EmcX@j3bkjjm.xs4all.nl> "Fam.Borm-Mulder" <j3bkjjm@xs4all.nl> writes:

   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.
   > 


   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 ?

[resists temptation to write in Dutch]

And why use English? I could also point out some spelling errors in your
own article, and probably in mine too - like in most articles on the net.
Perhaps Antoon isn't even a native speaker of Dutch, or he hangs on to
some arcane Flemish spelling. Let him. Of course, you're not the first to
post this kind of comment so wie de schoen past, trekke hem aan:

Strangely, I've seen native English speakers pointing out other people's
spelling mistakes as flaws in argumentation. Perhaps they would like to
continue that argument in, say, Norwegian to put them on a more equal
footing with their opponent? Not speaking perfect English does not make
a speaker's argument invalid.

But this post wasn't too bad (see below). What really annoys me is the
kind of article that quotes a whole article just to point out that ``that
really should have been a `[A-Za-z]' because ...''. Please refrain from
this kind of posting. It is usually incredibly uninformative, off-topic
and rather boring too.

So there.

[extremely helpful and friendly answers to original questions snipped]

   Steven

PS No prizes to be won for finding flaws in spelling, grammar or style
in this article. Anyone attempting to do so will be forced to read
Dutch literature out loud, thus ruining their throats.

In article <AD40F3E896682B197@lccapple.demon.co.uk>, Mike Glover
<mailto:mike@lccapple.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> In article <4f4tce$k0c@rc1.vub.ac.be>,
> apardon@rc1.vub.ac.be (Antoon Pardon) wrote:
> 
> 
> >
> >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 might try ECD in Delft 015 14 76 43 Andre van den Berg
> 
> Regards Mike Glover
> 
> 

ECD has moved over a year ago to Rijswijk:

The correct address is

ECD Computers
Business Park Zuidflank
Patrijsweg 76
2289 EX Rijswijk
The Netherlands

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


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

In article <AD40F3E896682B197@lccapple.demon.co.uk>, Mike Glover
<mailto:mike@lccapple.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> In article <4f4tce$k0c@rc1.vub.ac.be>,
> apardon@rc1.vub.ac.be (Antoon Pardon) wrote:
> 
> 
> >
> >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 might try ECD in Delft 015 14 76 43 Andre van den Berg
> 
> Regards Mike Glover
> 
>

Good old polyglot Mike - not only does his software (Easiwriter /
Techwriter) cope with multiple languages - he does too. The most impressive
thing I've seen him do language-wise is to be asked by two Portugese
visitors to Acorn's stand at CeBIT whether he was Brazilian (where they also
speak Portugese, but with a slight accent). While he always seems to look
suntanned I'm fairly sure that he isn't Brazilian...

Mind you, I also remember Gordon Taylor rattling off and having a crowd
around him at CeBIT like he normally does at any show - get closer and he is
being Gordon Taylor in "fluent" German. (I quote the term "fluent" because,
bless him, he was making a nonsense of the grammar - but what did it
matter?)

 

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Alastair France                             Area Manager, Acorn Education
afrance@acorn.co.uk             <- work, and home
afrance@stet-os.demon.co.uk     <- home, and work
"I only speak for Acorn in Beds, Bucks, Cambs, Herts, Lincs, Norfolk,
Northants, Suffolk and the Channel Islands - but I've got a loud voice!"

Alastair France <afrance@stet-os.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> being Gordon Taylor in "fluent" German. (I quote the term "fluent"
> because, bless him, he was making a nonsense of the grammar - but what
> did it matter?)

Most people find Gordon difficult enough in English :-). Well I always
assumed it was English, perhaps it was German all the time and I was
doing him a disservice?

--
Ian

>Good old polyglot Mike - not only does his software (Easiwriter /
>Techwriter) cope with multiple languages - he does too. 

Shame on you Alastair, dragging my personal life into this. I haven't
glotted a parrot in years - not even a dead one.-)

The most impressive
>thing I've seen him do language-wise is to be asked by two Portugese
>visitors to Acorn's stand at CeBIT whether he was Brazilian (where they also
>speak Portugese, but with a slight accent). While he always seems to look
>suntanned I'm fairly sure that he isn't Brazilian...

Living 9 years in Brasil '60 - '69 might have some bearing on this.
>
>Mind you, I also remember Gordon Taylor rattling off and having a crowd
>around him at CeBIT like he normally does at any show - get closer and he is
>being Gordon Taylor in "fluent" German. (I quote the term "fluent" because,
>bless him, he was making a nonsense of the grammar - but what did it
>matter?)

I'm sure Gordon would be fluent regardless of language. BTW where is he?
Still packing up after a road show?