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This system suffered from being large and unwieldy, and as there was only (room for) one could not be used with multiple camera setups. Additionally the controller had a rather noisy switch to advance the display making it difficult to be operated from close proximity to microphones. | This system suffered from being large and unwieldy, and as there was only (room for) one could not be used with multiple camera setups. Additionally the controller had a rather noisy switch to advance the display making it difficult to be operated from close proximity to microphones. | ||
When the monitor rack was overhauled for [[Cub Conversion]] a spare set of | When the monitor rack was overhauled for [[Cub Conversion]] a spare set of Cotron B&W monitors monitors became free. This, coupled with some Acorns and a spare PC, allowed three much smaller NaffoCues to be made by [[John Biltcliffe]] (hardware) and [[Matt Hammond]] (software). | ||
Still in use in 2007, after a glitch when the serial port stopped working at Christmas 2006 due to a Windows wierdness. | Still in use in 2007, after a glitch when the serial port stopped working at Christmas 2006 due to a Windows wierdness. | ||