Hi, I'm new...

OK... There are, unfortunaely, very few books that actually explain how the CPU works. Most introductory hardware books explain things like the AND and OR gats and flip-flops (don't worry if these terms mean nothing to you, they're just the basic building blocks of computer circuits), and then tell you the CPU exists. It's almost as if the CPU runs on some kind of magic. I can assure you that it doesn't, and that many older, simpler CPUs are understandable at the gate level (or even the transistor level). I know how _I_ learnt this stuff. I had already understood how to use gates, flip-flops, etc. I mamaged to get the service manuals for an old minicomputer, and I sat down for a couple of _months_ until I understood it all. Of course back then there was no classiccmp list, I didn't have anyone to ask. I was very much on my own. Eceellent!. Wanting to learn is the most important thing. [Mains voltages etc] It's only heatsinks in high voltage circuits (like the mains side of SMPSUs, or the horizontal scan section of monitors and TVs) that might be at a dangerous voltage. Heatsinks, say, on top of a CPU chip, or a regulator IC on a motherboard, are very likely to be at ground potential. But if in doubt, ask. Well, a TV is essentially a monitor with an extra bit -- the radio receiver circuit -- added. It also contians high voltages to operate the CRT. And most, if not all, modern TVs use a SMPSU circuit. Doesn't your TV have a SCART socket? Can't you connect the RGB outputs of the A600 there? -tony