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 ==The hardware==
-At the time of purchase it was incredibly expensive, some £3000, and took YSTV a number of years to pay back YUSU the funds needed to buy it. A solid steel "mac safe" was mandated on insurance grounds, as protecting the investment was paramount. There were only two safe keys, one of which was on the shared key fob held by the porter and the other by the [[Station Director]].
+At the time of purchase it was incredibly expensive, some £6000, and took YSTV a number of years to pay back YUSU the funds needed to buy it. A solid steel "mac safe" was mandated on insurance grounds, as protecting the investment was paramount. There were only two safe keys, one of which was on the shared key fob held by the porter and the other by the [[Station Director]].
 This is a 233MHz beige G3, fitted with a [http://www.media100.com/ Media 100qx] hardware acceleration card in order to be able to capture and play back video in real time.