Abstract: An electrical appliance comprises a power supply cable (70) having a first conductor (200) surrounded by a second conductor (210) for supplying electrical power to the appliance from a domestic electricity mains supply, and a connector (490) connected to cable for detachably connecting the conductors of the cable to first and second voltage signals of the electricity mains supply. In operation, the second conductor (210) is connected to the lower of the voltage signals. The second conductor (210) thus acts as a shield in opposition to electric fields radiating from the cable. The shield improves in efficiency as the lower mains voltage signal approaches Ground potential.

Abstract: This specification concerns cathode ray tube display apparatus comprises a cathode ray tube display screen (10). A beam generator (60,30) is provided for generating at least one electron beam in the cathode ray tube display screen (10) to produce a video image. Also provided is a line timebase circuit (40) for generating a line deflection signal to sequentially address the or each electron beam to successive pixels on the screen (10) in a line of a raster, and a frame timebase circuit (50) for generating an alternating frame deflection signal for sequentially addressing the or each electron beam to successive lines of the raster. The apparatus further comprises a standby circuit (110) connected to the line and frame timebase circuits (40,50).

Abstract: A display system is described, comprising a display device (88) for generating a visual output in response to a plurality of data signals defining the data to be displayed, a display adapter circuit (92) for generating the data signals in a form specified by control data identifying the display device (88), an output port (94) for connecting the data signals from the display adapter circuit to the display device (88) and for connecting the control data from the display device (88) to the display adapter circuit (92), characterized in that the display system further comprises a non-volatile memory (9) located in the display device (88) for storing the control data in the form of a plurality of control codes, and communication logic (95) for communicating a control code between the memory and the output port (94) in response to a command signal (21) generated by the display adapter circuit (92).

Abstract: An optical fibre communications link, for connecting a peripheral device to a computer system is presented, which includes circuit arrangement for generating a hybrid video signal, a device for transmitting such a signal along an optical fibre between the computer system and the peripheral device, characterized in that the transmitted video signal includes a reference pulse of predetermined amplitude, compensation devices for correcting changes in the characteristics of a received video signal which result from the optical communication link, and circuitry for using the reference pulse in a received video signal in order to control the compensation means.

Abstract: A coaxial cable terminal (20) of unitary construction is described. The terminal (20) comprises means cooperative with an outer conductor (12) of a coaxial cable (10) for providing electrical conduction between the outer conductor (12) and a plurality of elongated conductive contacts (22,23) of a non-coaxial connector (50); and integral means (24) for supporting an inner conductor (11) of the coaxial cable (10) in isolation from the contacts (22,23).