Entries for July 2005
Strosacker Progress Report #2
Oops, I blinked and a month slipped by already. And it's been a busy one...
First, the University's grand plans have had to be scaled back a bit--the bids for the Strosacker project came back a wee bit higher than expected, so the electrical/lighting overhaul, fire alarm, sprinkler system, and associated small bits of carpentry have all been deferred until next (?) year. But the work on the screen, chalkboard, and related front-wall stuff is all going full steam ahead.
Second, we've finished the initial mechanical and wiring work for the Dolby Digital and upgraded analog sound. Now we can get started on the fiendishly difficult parts: getting the optics lined up exactly right (requires an oscilloscope, a PC, a fistful of test films, assorted wrenches, and an extensive vocabulary of 4-letter words), and hacking the CP-200 to Do The Right Thing when the digital processor tries to revert to analog in a format that the CP-200 is too old to grok.
More details, with pictures, below.