AndrewGrant Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Hi, I thought you might be interested to know that whilst playing with a Congo yesterday I was able to install Strand 500 series OS 2.8.6. I managed to get the keypad working, trackball and all faders. I did this using some simple DOS hacks, some keyboard shortcuts and my X-Connect dongle. I just did this for fun and will be taking the desk back to normal before the next show coming up soon. It is a little slow but seems to work fine. Here are some photos: http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii193/BranVan40/th_IMG_0129.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii193/BranVan40/th_IMG_0132.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii193/BranVan40/th_IMG_0140.jpg Cheers, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammie300 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 These images are huge and seem to be taking an age for me. Is it the same for everyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternewman Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 They aren't really high res files and didn't take me too long. I've thumbnailed them for people anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokm Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Well done! About all I can say about it.. not criticising, just saying I can't think what use it is to have strand OS on a Congo desk.. perhaps its something to do with the preferred button/desk layout? Btw, is that legal? Wouldn't have thought either manufacturer would be happy about you using their respective items together? Ermm.. again, well done :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Legal? In what way are most EULA "legal"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryson Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 About all I can say about it.. not criticising, just saying I can't think what use it is to have strand OS on a Congo desk.. perhaps its something to do with the preferred button/desk layout?I'd imagine that it's for the purposes of seeing if it can be done, rather than having any direct useful result. Hacking for the sake of hacking, as it were. Legal? In what way are most EULA "legal"?The legality of EULAs is a thorny issue to which there isn't yet a definitive answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJones Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I guess it's usefull for when you the theatre types coming in, looking at your desk and saying "What the hell is that?! I want a desk I know" I could see it being useful at our Venue. But I find the Congo extremely temperamental as it is, God knows what it would like with a partitioned hard disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRW Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Out of interest, were you able to actually control dimmers from StrandOS, or was it just running as an OLE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewGrant Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 Yes, it does output DMX. I wouldn't want to use it to program a show though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Perhaps this shows that in the not too distant future hardware and software may become independant and we will be able to pick and choose to create a combination that suits the task (and individual) the best. Though I may just be overly optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmcleod Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Though I may just be overly optimistic. I think you said it yourself :-P I'd be behind a movement like that. Side note: Awesome hack. It's like... putting Windows on a Mac, or vice versa... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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