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Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting that flyer. I remember those guys. I saw the LaserWorld dome show (and went to Dreamstage in Dallas). People ate this up back then. Just the word "laser" had a lot of mystique and anything we did would be written about in the paper or shown on the TV news. Everyone invented their own equipment and wrote their own software and were very secretive about it. I stayed up on what my competition was doing with lasers. We spied on each other. It was a small community and we all either knew or knew of each other. $10K was about the minimum we charged for a laser show. Laser gear was so expensive to acquire and maintain that there was very little competition. It was a great time to be in the business. Audiences are a LOT more jaded and cynical now - not as easily impressed. Laser gear from China is so cheap now that anyone can buy in. I guess the good thing about today is that laserists share their designs, projectors, connectors and file formats, laser gear is relatively cheap and there are a lot more choices. It's a great time to be a laser hobbyist! My hat is off to all of you who are today successfully making a go at it professionally!
Photonbeam, very, very well said. You described the era precisely. Whenever I think back on it...well...forgive me for saying it, but I just beam.
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..But, in these days of 'just add a couple of $599. Happy McJectors = a Laser Show Company'..you may also have to explain what a 'datasheet' is...
..in-contrast, I know that 'wire-wrap' does not mean, 'a burrito for the sadomasochistic'.. and when I go into work, I am *bathed* in "Memorabilia from the 80's"...
..and so-on, and so-on..
..Again... 'we should talk'..
j
....and armed only with his trusty 21 Zorgawatt KTiOPO4...
Chris,
Yeah, Dennis was his brother.
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