19 Jul
2016
19 Jul
'16
3:13 p.m.
Killer. I wish we were neighbors, Ethan. We'd be
able to throw the most
awesome block parties, I swear. I bet you are a musician, too.
I live in Virginia but go to a number of events every year. I dabble with
music a little, have some synths and midi hardware (and of course an Atari
ST setup, and a luggable Pentium 200 with a SB/GUS and Voyetra Sequencer!)
Also dabble a little with saxophones but it's been a while!
Okay, after talking about the recent roots of that
hobby, and in an effort
to keep this slightly on topic, do you know anything about the original
animations used on Freemont street in Las Vegas? I was told that at one
time it was run from an Amiga using Scala "and some other stuff". If you
haven't seen it, it's a giant (uhm, like 4 city blocks) color LED array
and a big sound system.
Hmm interesting! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_%28company%29 No
mention of freemont street but their current market is digital signage.
That would have been one of the earliest LED video screens ever!
I'm sure you know the thing about Garth/Dana Carvey? Him mentioning the
Unix book in Waynes World was a nod to his brother, his brother founded
NewTek the company behind the Amiga video toaster and the current NewTek
Tricaster stuff?
Also, you can put together your own freemont-street-living-room at not
totally insane prices now. I put together this LED video screen, it's a
square meter of panels, the software screen scrapes Windows desktop sends
it over gigabit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78RUIGVvQ5E
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Ethan O'Toole