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Kalypso Reference Manual
Section 1 — System Overview
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Effects Send (internal and external) available on every key bus,
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Unlimited re-entry,
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Look ahead and other preview modes,
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Touch screen Menu panel,
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Local Aux panel, with source name display standard,
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E-MEM (100 registers) with disk storage,
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Tally Module (64 tally contacts),
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Serial control of VTR/DDR (BVW 75 protocol)
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Router Interface,
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Hot swapable modules (including power supplies),
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Resource Sharing, and
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Macros.
4-M/E Kalypso Classic Options
Selected sets of options may be combined into packages for initial pur-
chase. Individual options can be purchased and added to a Kalypso system
at a later time. Some Kalypso system options contain hardware compo-
nents and some are software enabled.
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Input modules (16 inputs each), up to 80 total inputs,
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Output modules (8 outputs each), up to 48 total outputs,
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Source Name displays for M/E 1, 2, and 3,
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Chromatte Advanced Dual Chroma Keyer, adds two floating chroma
keyers, able to be assigned to any keyer in the system at any time. Up
to eight dual chroma keyers (16 total) can be installed,
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FlexiKey Programmable Clean Feed, permits two independent
program streams, using key substitution, through one or more M/Es,
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Transform Engine, adds three channels of video/key digital transform
effects. Up to two Transform Engines can be installed,
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Kurl (for Transform Engine), with Splits and Mirrors,
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SuperStill, adds advanced Still Store capabilities with two inputs, eight
outputs, animation, disk storage, and includes the Still Store Loader
application for image transfer to and from PCs,
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KlipCache (for SuperStill), increases cache storage capacity to about
1800 frames,
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DoubleTake, permits two completely independent M/E composites in
a single M/E, producing the power of 8 M/Es in a 4-M/E system,
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Machine control of Profile VDR channels via Ethernet,
