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In article <ant0211350b02QYK@milliped.demon.co.uk>, Richard Jozefowski
<URL:mailto:richard@millipede.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <48dc2576dfa.m.conroy@argonet.co.uk>, Andrew Conroy
> <URL:mailto:a.m.conroy@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> > Did anyone else read the article in The Sunday Express Magazine about Who
> > Wants to be a Millionaire? In it it states
> > 
> > " The music is run off two specially built computers; the graphics and
> > the questions - thousands of them, each randomly generated - are
> > controlled by Chriss Goss of Winchester and a pair of Acorns "
> > 
> > It would be interesting to hear from Chris about exactly what the set-up
> > is.
> 
> Chris is probably even busier than me and more than likely out of the
> country, so I'll give a brief reply on what I know.
> 
> Chris is Mr. TV Game Show.  He designs computer graphics, sound and control
> systems for programmes all over the world.  They are Acorn based for
> reliability, ease of use, but mainly because we don't make broadcast
> graphics boards for PCs!  The systems may look expensive, but they are
> excellent value when compared with other TV broadcast kit.
> 
> Millionaire is big, and the format is now being licensed to many countries. 
> Australia is probably next.  I think a typical system will use a couple of
> RiscPCs with our APEX boards, MIDI cards, I/O controllers etc, with the
> possible addition of A7000's for the contestants' flat panel screens.
> 
> These systems are critical to the making of the show, hence they will
> normally buy a backup system too.  Needless to say, the backup system
> usually gathers dust.  Recently though, a TV company in China thought they'd
> do it on the cheap and skimp by not purchasing a backup system.  Big
> mistake.  Something strange appears to have happened to their mains supply
> and an APEX board literally burnt up.  Amazingly, the RiscPC still worked. 
> They've since purchased a replacement, plus a backup!
> 
Is there a web page that is available about all this?
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