Grass Valley NewsroomSuite v.5.5 - Manual (Page 22)

Chapter 1 Introducing the NewsroomSuite System
18 Digital News Production
The XT Family Components
The XT family consists of several components comprising a digital news
production system. All of the NewsroomSuite software applications, NewsEdit
XT, FeedClip, and NewsQ run on the XT platform.
Computer
The XT computer is a personal computer housing these components:
• One of 4 Targa boards to provide video compression: DV25 (with
MPEG50); DV50; IMX; or Dual DV50 and IMX.
• VGA card
• RS-422 controller card
• Hard drive with NTFS format for operating system
• 3.5 inch floppy drive; reads and writes to 1.44 MB diskettes
• CD-ROM reader; required for installing software
• Media drives (36, 72, or 146 GB)
• Built-in TCP/IP compatible Ethernet LAN connection
• Windows2000 operating system
• Two serial ports
• Optional Fibre Channel or Gigabit Ethernet network cards
The XT system is available in either a standalone or rackmount version.
NewsEdit NewsEdit
(Tower Configuration)