TIL that @jmechner (creator: Karateka, Prince of Persia), who made things I like, is the son of Francis Mechner, co-founder of Systems Resources Corporation, which would eventually become Chyron Corporation, which made broadcast graphics generators (other things I like)
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Sadly, I've never gotten to work with actual Chyron hardware. But, amusingly, the class name of one of the UI widgets I've implemented at my day job is "ChyronWidget". And in my spare time, I'm gradually working towards getting MAME's Quantel DPB-7000 driver working.
FWIW, the name "ChyronWidget" is intentional, as that's exactly what the widget is responsible for drawing.
