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Our solution to Autocue for programs. | Our solution to Autocue for programs. | ||
Originally conceived by [[Dominic Plunkett]] the system comprised a BBC micro strapped to a spare TV trolley, driving a 22" television set with the horizontal scan coils reversed. For best image the original system ROM was discarded and a replacement one written to squeeze every last cycle out of the processor. | Originally conceived by [[Dominic Plunkett]] the system comprised a BBC micro strapped to a spare TV trolley, driving a 22" television set with the horizontal scan coils reversed. For best image the original system ROM was discarded and a replacement one written to squeeze every last cycle out of the processor. | ||
This system suffered from being large and unwieldy, and as there was only (room for) one could not be used with multiple camera | This system suffered from being large and unwieldy, and as there was only (room for) one could not be used with multiple camera set-ups. 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 Cotron B&W | When the monitor rack was overhauled for [[Cub Conversion]] a spare set of [[Cotron]] B&W 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. | ||
In 2009, the NaffoCue software was replaced with [[FaffoCue]], wrote by [[Simon Harris]] The software worked, but never truly exited Beta testing. In Summer 2012, with some production budget spare, Michael Chislett built a new head for the Teleprompter, dubbed the [[AutoDerp]]. | |||