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[[Image:PieChartEN90.png|right|thumb|160px|Animations by DENIS]] | [[Image:PieChartEN90.png|right|thumb|160px|Animations by DENIS]] | ||
[[Image:BarChartEN90.png|right|thumb|160px|Typical bar chart from EN90]] | [[Image:BarChartEN90.png|right|thumb|160px|Typical bar chart from EN90]] | ||
DENIS stands for 'Dynamic erroring and narking information system', and for a number of years was the brains behind the [[YUSU Election Nights|YUSU elections]] coverage on screen graphics until it was superceded by the higher resolution and colour depth [[Commodore Amiga]]. | DENIS stands for 'Dynamic erroring and narking information system', and for a number of years was the brains behind the [[YUSU Election Nights|YUSU elections]] coverage on screen graphics until it was superceded by the higher resolution and colour depth [[Commodore Amiga]]. | ||
Originally conceived in | Originally conceived in 1987 by [[Simon Barton]], it was later revised in 1994 by [[Chris Kwouk]], and unusually for YSTV home grown software included detailed program design notes - some 50,000 characters worth. | ||
[[Image:DenisMenu.png|left|thumb|160px|Main system menu]] | [[Image:DenisMenu.png|left|thumb|160px|Main system menu]] | ||
It featured a menu driven interface which launched a number of smaller programs, mainly because any colour graphics consumed over 60% of the BBC Micro's memory leaving very little room for software to generate it. It was conceptually split into editor/display/administrator, with final output including animated bar charts and pie charts. | It featured a menu driven interface which launched a number of smaller programs, mainly because any colour graphics consumed over 60% of the BBC Micro's memory leaving very little room for software to generate it. It was conceptually split into editor/display/administrator, with final output including animated bar charts and pie charts. | ||