Hi CD and all,
Like the XV5080 would have been made with transistors from before world war II?
Well, that explains all those tiny glowing glass tubes I saw inside the 5080 when installing the expansion boards: the sucker is just packed full of vacuum tubes (i think that's what they're called?).
I can't wait untill tuesday (then I'll have mine).. I'm going to slam all my exp boards into it and roam all the functions untill I 'm going to make a dedicated xv5080 song 
CD, call in sick for work right NOW: I hear the 48 hout flu is spreading thru Benelux.
BTW: How does the tvf/tva editing look, is it anything like the jd990 (visual envelopes)?
I don't know how they look on the JD990, so can't say. But the display layout is great, offering tons of easy to see info. per page, i.e. EXTREMELY user-friendly inferface.
Regards,
Chris