[SML] turning off light boards

[B. H. Ackler]

Yes, the Multi-Cue was based on a PDP based system.  The last multi-cue 
installed was at Cal State Bakersfield in 1979.  The main campus computing 
center was also PDP and when their machine crashed while running class 
schedules over a weekend, I "loaned" the CPU board from the Multi-Cue to 
Campus Computing and they ran the entire campus class scheduling on a "light 
board".  It ran in half the normal time because the Multi-Cue had twice the 
RAM of the campus system.  The Exec VP was very pleased and he used that fact 
to lobby for an upgrade to the campus system.

Ah, history

Bryan H. Ackler
Cal State Bakersfield 1979-1981

On 11/28/2015 12:00 PM, stagecraft-request at theatrical.net wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:40:08 -0600
> From: Bill Conner<billconnerastc at gmail.com>
> To: Stagecraft<stagecraft at theatrical.net>
> Subject: Re: [SML] turning off light boards
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> Kliegl's Q-File too IIRC.
> On Nov 27, 2015 2:11 PM, "illuminati500 via Stagecraft"<
> stagecraft at theatrical.net>  wrote:
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>> >  Wasn?t the PDP-11 the heart of the earliest Strand / Strand Century memory
>> >  systems?