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title: "mcopy: Modular Optical Tool Platform for Small Gauge Motion Picture Film"
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documentclass: article
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author:
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- name: Matthew McWilliams
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affiliation: sixteenmillimeter.com
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email: hi@mmcwilliams.com
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abstract: |
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Tools purpose-built for working with 16mm, Super8 and Regular8 film have not been produced commercially since the
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The mcopy project proposes a modular, open-source platform for building optical tools for small gauge analog moviefilm formats.
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The platform can be used to assemble optical printers, digital transfer units and film recorders for digital images.
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bibliography: sources.bib
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csl: citation_style.csl
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# Introduction
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# Desktop Application
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# Serial Protocol
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# Retrofitting Existing Hardware
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# New Hardware
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Retrofitting existing hardware was always intended as the first step to producing new hardware modules that could eventually completely replace all legacy machine parts.
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This approach is sometimes referred to as a "Ship of Theseus pattern"[@wiki-shipoftheseus] and in this application is, simply put: build machines using parts that people and organizations already have until total replacements can be designed.
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The practice of retrofitting hardware, in this case, required the kind of inspection that makes designing replacements possible: detailed measurements, documenting electrical diagrams, and review of sourced components.
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Two examples of this pattern that have materialized new modular components are the projector and gate designs.
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## References
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::: {#refs}
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