Date   : Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:46:20 -0500
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: Worth Anything?

Austin Pass wrote:
> On 14 Jun 2011, at 20:10, Jules Richardson
> <jules.richardson99@...> wrote:
> 
>> Interesting. Do you remember if it was the same Laserdisc player (in
>> terms of appearance) that Domesday used?
> 
> I've just been back to look at my notes (obtained this system 10 years
> ago!!) and it was a Sony Laserdisc player (LDP-1450) that it came with
> (and another spare). No cables or media so the drives could arguably
> have been from another source, but they were pro-spec CAV drives in the
> same grey colour as other Sony broadcast TV equipment of the era.

Interesting! Is there nothing special about the Master other than it having 
the Turbo copro?

For the Acorn AVC setups - and I realise this is probably "something else" 
given the use of Sony players - the Master had ROM-based software to assist 
in control (although there's mention of floppy-based authoring software 
too), and I expect they were fitted with genlocks (the Philips players had 
RS232 control 'built in', I think, so it'd seem sensible for Acorn to use 
an existing stock player and do the video overlay on the Master side of things)

cheers

Jules