Thank you
@JohnD and
@mrtrudeau23 Managed to read ALL of the itty bitty fine print; don't recall John Barnes, mentioned as the manufacturer's contact person but DEFINITELY remember Bruce Whitehead who was
instrumental in the development, fabrication, and commissioning of at least two of Ward Leonard's previous consoles, one installed in Kitchener Waterloo's U of W in 1969 and a second installed in Hamilton, Ontario's Sir Allan MacNab secondary school in 1970. The
console pictured was close to vapor-ware in 1970 but Ward Leonard's VP of sales was beating the bushes promoting his about to be released new product to any and all who may potentially be interested / able to fund its
purchase. For several years Ward Leonard's U of W installation was their showpiece install in the Hamilton, Kitchener Waterloo, London, Ontario area.
Ward Leonard kept Sir John A's behemoth operational for approximately five years after a
Strand GSX was purchased along with a
DMX to analog
protocol converter diode coupled to provide an either / or
HTP choice and backup. The GSX would've been purchased and installed in '92 or '93 and was used to light an
amateur production of Chorus
Line as its inaugural debut.
Bruce Whitehead, remains high on my list of manufacturer's reps who gave you his home number, his wife's name, and instructions to have her rouse him anytime you had reason to phone him: GOOD GUY, providing
ETC level after sales support decades before the world had heard of
ETC.
Toodleoo!
Ron Hebbard