rzdz@fluke.UUCP (Rick Chinn) (02/04/85)
Some time ago (2-3 yrs) I was lucky enough to get a tour of the WDW
underground facility (under sleeping beauty's castle). As I recall (this was
before I was truly computer enlightened), they were running data general
hardware. Two systems running synchronously via some sort of time code. One
system handled cost accounting and scheduling(?), while the other interfaced
to various secondary systems (like multi-track audio tape machines,
cartridge tape machines, etc) and ran the rides, and other "features" within
the park.
As I recall, the systems were capable of knowing which rides were
contributing what to the overall park revenues, and which rides wern't
producing up to snuff. Additionally, if a ride malfunctioned, (of course...)
the system summoned maintenance in jig time.
None of this was true for the Anaheim park, which was more or less the
prototype for the Orlando facility. Much of the Anaheim park ran on puhched
tape and multi-track instrumentation recorders. Of course, by now, this
could have all changed.
I was flashed out, severely!
Rick Chinn
John Fluke Mfg. Co MS 232E
PO Box C9090 Everett WA 98206
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