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=== Estates === | |||
After the initial burst of activity in 1998, the remaining two years of [[Rob Sprowson]] and [[Chris Ward]]'s time was largely occupied chasing estates to add the remaining missing pieces of the jigsaw puzzle. Resourcing within Estates meant that new YSTV monitors was never a top priority. | |||
=== Locations === | |||
Some progress was made, though by graduation the network was still not as extensive as had originally been hoped. A number of small finishing off jobs remained, these were left for the following year's [[Network Engineer]] to complete. | |||
* Alcuin - cables hastily retracted during nucleus demolition and left in a coil at the back door to the JB Morrell library, this work was conducted remotely after [[Rob Sprowson]]'s graduation while working | |||
* Library - a power point was located, but had only a live connection and no neutral, internal wiring was added to the snack bar by [[Chris Ward]] early one morning due to noise restrictions, and a set briefly installed on a bracket. Due to the lean-to contruction of the snackbar the TV inched forward every time the door slammed shut and the TV was hastily withdraw when it fell and nearly injured a student drinking a laté. The socket was scheduled to be repaired in summer 2000 | |||
* Vanbrugh - the snackbar television was modified to always turn on to YSTV rather than an off tuned terrestrial channel, and URY used the 4th output from the receiver, but otherwise Vanbrugh remained unchanged | |||
* Langwith - used annually for conference services, eventually the receiver was modified to have a BNC connector on it to allow the mute monitor to be easily added and removed each summer | |||
* Derwent - unchanged | |||
* Central hall - a mains supply was added in the left hand pump room, and a receiver and coax output installed. The installation was completed on graduation day, spraying the newly washed windows with sawdust. The network cable itself remained unconnected in a manhole cover approx 2 feet away | |||
* Physics concourse - not progressed | |||
* Goodricke - not progressed | |||
* Biology concourse - not progressed | |||
* Wentwork - the television was borrowed and later empounded in the JCR store, this link remained a topic of frequent station meeting updates, seemingly always just one week away from completion | |||
=== Network failure === | |||
In 1999 the new network failed spectacularly, twice. The first had followed a number of days of reports from [[Chris Ward]] that the Vanbrugh porter's lodge set was looking odd, and by implication the rest of the distribution network except Goodricke. Eventually the monitors went black. | |||
This was traced to the Rediffusion unit in the Physics spine [[P/S/016]] which converted from composite video to balanced line to get to LTC. Two electrolytic capacitors, operational since the mid 1960's had finally given up and a dash to Physics stores for their somewhat smaller modern day replacements brought the network back online. | |||
The second incident was while [[P/S/016]] was being redecorated, the decorators removed the fuse from the supply feeding the network box (as the box itself was hidden behind a wooden panel). A large 'DO NOT TURN OFF' label was added to help prevent a recurrence. | |||
== Contribution == | == Contribution == | ||