Re: lasers/collimated light i

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From: Andy Mell
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 01:36

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In article <1993Jan1.4265.27388@dosgate> "glen mead" <glen.mead@canrem.com> writes:
>andy@laguna.santafe.edu (Andy Mell) writes:
>
>AM>I just went to have a look on the side of my emulator, it is made by
>AM>Lightwave research, Austin, TX, USA. I dont have  a full address, but yo
>
>So you have one of these units yourself?  What do you use it for?  Have
>you ever opened it up?  I'm curious about how hard it would be to build
>one of these units?

We use it for the Uni Students Union, in discos, live bands etc. Its not
owned by me personlly, so I guess you could call it professional use.

No, I've never opened it up, and Im not about to, but I believe it uses laser
galvonometers to direct the beam. I somehow doubt that you can build one
yourself for a reasonable amount as they are precision engineering, the 
emulator controller is a custom computer (i960 or something) It is about
a metre long and 40 cm wide by 30cm high.

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From: andy@laguna.santafe.edu (Andy Mell)
Subject: Re: lasers/collimated light i
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