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YSTV took over Derwent JCR to act as both a control room and link set. The link set consisted of the silver-topped Ikea trestle table against a purple setboard. Two presenters on stools sat either side of it, with a converted Sony Trinitron FST television placed between them. | YSTV took over Derwent JCR to act as both a control room and link set. The link set consisted of the silver-topped Ikea trestle table against a purple setboard. Two presenters on stools sat either side of it, with a converted Sony Trinitron FST television placed between them. | ||
In the adjacent room, D/016, was the Press Conference, which was a new initiative after some chaotic business with getting candidates interviewed the previous year. Unfortunately it suffered from a rather unprepossessing set (or lack thereof!) and having URY's microphones all over the place! | In the adjacent room, D/016, was the Press Conference, which was a new initiative after some chaotic business with getting candidates interviewed the previous year. Unfortunately it suffered from a rather unprepossessing set (or lack thereof!) and having [[URY]]'s microphones all over the place! | ||
There was also a single camera, the [[Panasonic MS4]], and a presenter in the Dining Room. | There was also a single camera, the [[Panasonic MS4]], and a presenter in the Dining Room. | ||
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[[Matt Hammond]] wrote a very swish-looking graphics system that ran on his Acorn Risc PC, which was then controlled by commands sent over a serial line from a user interface on a control machine (also an Acorn). There were also a number of other Acorn machines that provided cues for presenters, although this system was rushed into service and didn't work that well. | [[Matt Hammond]] wrote a very swish-looking graphics system that ran on his Acorn Risc PC, which was then controlled by commands sent over a serial line from a user interface on a control machine (also an Acorn). There were also a number of other Acorn machines that provided cues for presenters, although this system was rushed into service and didn't work that well. | ||
Screengrabs from the programme can be seen here | Screengrabs from the programme can be seen here [http://ystv.york.ac.uk/fun/archive/en2000/index.php on YSTV's website]. | ||
The "silver-topped trestle table" (always referred to in full by those who were there) would later be used by the membership for all manner of purposes including various off-camera uses, as the main set of [[Bulletin (again)|Bulletin]] for a while, [[Off The Cuff]] and coming full circle as the support for the [[Bona Dicta]] table top in [[Elections 2007]]. | The "silver-topped trestle table" (always referred to in full by those who were there) would later be used by the membership for all manner of purposes including various off-camera uses, as the main set of [[Bulletin (again)|Bulletin]] for a while, [[Off The Cuff]] and coming full circle as the support for the [[Bona Dicta]] table top in [[Elections 2007]]. | ||