[AG-TECH] High End Portable Access Grid System

[Darren Spidell]

Jason,
Here at Mount Allison University we are part of a consortium that got 
funding for AG equipment. The group went to tender with it. We ended up 
with an InSORS cart system. It is pretty much what you are describing as 
your requirements: Dell 390 workstation, 2-50" Panasonic plasma screens, 
ClearOne RAV900 for echo cancellation, 3 Sony EVI D70C cameras, Winnov 
viddum 004 VO capture card(4 channel), Matrox Millennium QID LP quad 
head video card.

While this system is on a cart, I would hesitate to call it portable. It 
could be moved around the floor, but not between buildings or even 
between floors without removing one, or both of the plasma screens. It 
is over 8 feet long with the 2 plasmas mounted.

Darren


Jason Bell wrote:
> Dear colleagues
>
> I have been asked to investigate the building of a high end portable
> Access Grid system.  The purpose of this email is to find out if anyone
> has built such a system and to "hopefully" obtain information on such a
> system.
>
> Currently I am looking at a setup with the following spec's:
>
> *	System must be portable, ie, on a trolley or table with wheels;
>
> *	2 large plasma or LCD screens;
>
> *	Multiple cameras;
>
> *	Single or multiple computers;
>
> *	Good audio setup, whether the use of a Clearone XAP400, or some
> other lower Audio echo canceller (I personally would like something
> better that an Acumic II);
>
> Therefore, if you have built such a system, I would like to hear how it
> performs, the hardware used and any pictures or diagrams would also be
> excellent.
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Jason.
>
>
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>
> Jason Bell, B.I.T.
> B. Info. Tech. (Honours) Student
>
> Network Engineer
> Information Technology Division
> Central Queensland University
>
> High Performance Computing Support Officer
> Central Queensland University
>
> E-mail : j.bell at cqu.edu.au
> Phone : 07 4930 9229
>
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>
> Patience is a virtue.
>
> But if I wanted Patience,
> I would have become a Doctor.
>
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>
>   

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Darren Spidell
User Services Manager
Computing Services
Mount Allison University
10 Salem St.
Sackville, NB E4L 3B7
506-364-2439