Mega Cue
The MEGA-CUE memory switchboard has been developed to fulfill the physical needs and artistic requirements of the largest and most sophisticated houses while at the same time not be prohibitively expensive for the smaller theatre." Taken from "An introduction to the Mega Cue
Building the first Mega Cue console.
“While crude by current standards, Mega Cue pioneered many ideas that are standard features in lighting consoles today. The major innovations included the use of an 8-bit microprocessor as well as the serial digital data link from the console to the dimmer interface unit that anticipated DMX by several years. Functionally, Mega Cue also introduced the concept of “write by memory” that allowed a proportional group of channel levels to be controlled by the wheel. This eventually became what we now call groups.” -Fred Foster
