[NSW] Plasma's at Redfern

[matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier)]

 For the last couple of days at least (possibly longer) the Plasma destination
indicators on platform 12 at Redfern have been displaying different things.
 The 'country end' indicator is 7 minutes fast, so it's countdowns to the 
next train are all -7 minutes.
 The station staff have apparently reported it, but no one has yet bothered
to fix it.

 I just knew putting a PC in EVERY enclosure was going to be trouble. :-).
The orginal Martin Place plasma had one  PC running the 4 platform screens,
with the video mirrored out to the 8 screens. ( Once saw a windows error
message half on each platform, identical down each platform's set of screens!)

 The final system as implemented seems to require a PC in every enclosure
and one in the office for the station staff.
 The ESR platform at Redfern now has 4 PCs in the 4 plasma enclosures,
and 3 in the control room - DVA, 'plasma', Train Describer. 7 PC's to run
one platform.
 Any one would think CityRail is buying PCs simply to keep the market afoat,
not 'cause they actually need that many. M$ must be laughing as well. Thats
7 windows NT licences for ONE platform!