14 Jan
1998
14 Jan
'98
11:44 a.m.
It was thus said that the Great Tim Shoppa once stated:
Speaking of "huge reels", I recently got the chance to see an
IMAX projection room. The projector is on a 20 foot "elevator" that
moves the optics from loading position to projection
position. The reels are amazing - the film was about
3 inches (70 mm?) wide, and the reels were about 3 feet in diameter. There
was a hand truck for the projectionist to use when loading/unloading
reels of film. I was quite impressed!
When the IMAX theater in Ft. Lauderdale was upgraded (so it could show 3D
IMAX films) one wall of the building had to be removed so that the new
projector could be installed.
-spc (Now, what this has to do with old computers, I'm not so sure ... )