Gemini  (1983)
Strand

Gemini

180 channels. Replaced the Duet in the range.
From John Wright:
The first Gemini’s (1983/4) were built with raw Galaxy parts (inc the Advance PSU) and were expensive to make compared with Gemini2 which integrated the panel communications interface (which only had to run a few cm not the Kilometre spec of Galaxy comms) into the memory card and also replaced the [expensive] Advance PSU brick with a cheap (then new & novel) single board unit.

Related Venues:

• Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
• Northcott Theatre Exeter
• Theatr Clwyd Cymru
• Sondheim Theatre, London
• Playhouse Theatre, London
• Novello Theatre
• Theatre Royal Haymarket
• Tyne Theatre, Newcastle

See also:

• Gemini 2+ (1989 September - 1995)
• Duet / Duet 2 (1978-1984)
• Riggers Remote (1978)

Documents

Gemini Commissioning Procedure 
[2.37Mb PDF]

Touring System - Gemini and Act 6s 
Click on thumbnail to enlarge
[475kb  JPEG]
From Alan Luxford Collection

Gemini Imagine brochure (1984)
[2.13Mb PDF]
From Strand Archive

Gemini in use at the Strand Theatre, London (May 1985)
Click on thumbnail to enlarge
[844kb  JPEG]
From Alan Luxford Collection

Memory Lighting Control Systems 1967-1985 (June 1985)
[757kb PDF]
From Jim Laws Collection

Gemini Operators Manual (November 1985)
[15.03Mb PDF]
From Backstage Heritage Collection

Gemini Brochure (1986)
[1.59Mb PDF]
From Mervyn Gould Collection

LSI: Guide to Memory Desks (May 1986)
[1.91Mb PDF]
From Lighting & Sound International

LSI: Classic Gear - Gemini (September 2019)
[External Website]
From Lighting & Sound International

Exhibits in the Backstage Heritage Collection

Gemini  
From Birmingham University Drama Department
From The NEET Collection

Gemini  (1984)
From the Queens Theatre, London - thanks to Delfont Mackintosh Theatres.
From Backstage Heritage Collection

Gemini 2  
From Backstage Heritage Collection

Catalogue & Journal Entries for Gemini in the Backstage Heritage Collection

The Strand 85 Spring Collection (1985)

Lighting The National (1990)

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