1980s computer controls Grand Rapids Public School heat and AC

Re:1980s computer controls Grand Rapids Public School heat a... by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday June 12, 2015 @12:32PM (#9706931)

I'm a bit confused: are you saying that the system was running Scala for 25 years? Thought Scala was just a few years ago.

And was the genlock card a Video Toaster by any chance?

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Re:1980s computer controls Grand Rapids Public School heat a... by notvplez on Friday June 12, 2015 @02:21PM (#9707655)

The first version of Scala was released in 1990 if I'm not mistaken, he probably used a later version as he was using a A1200 which had the AGA-chipset that improved graphics considerably. He'd been using it "for about twenty years", and as this was two or three years ago and the A1200 was released in 1992 he probably had a 22 year run on the same hardware and software. He didn't specify the card he used, but I think it's safe to say it was the Video Toaster given its popularity at the time.

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Re:1980s computer controls Grand Rapids Public School heat a... by wgx on Friday June 12, 2015 @03:42PM (#9708102)

Scala (the programming language) and Scala (the Amiga video software) are two different things. :)

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