1 0 - foot ▁ped est al . ▁It ▁contained ▁ 2 5 8 ▁Flash Work s ▁mini ▁stro be ▁lights ▁( 4 3 ▁per ▁pet al ) ▁and ▁was ▁controlled ▁by ▁ 6 ▁computer ▁process ors . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁bar ge ▁in ▁the ▁show ▁with ▁a ▁driver ▁on ▁board , ▁who ▁uses ▁an ▁inf ra red ▁guidance ▁system . ▁ ▁The ▁Earth ▁Glo be ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁complicated ▁piece ▁of ▁show ▁equipment ▁made ▁by ▁Disney ▁by ▁History ▁Channel ' s ▁Modern ▁Marvel s . ▁ ▁Jer old ▁Kap lan ▁of ▁W alt ▁Disney ▁Im agine ering ▁designed ▁and ▁engine ered ▁the ▁Earth ▁Glo be ▁and ▁supporting ▁bar ge . ▁The ▁detailed ▁engineering ▁for ▁the ▁bar ge ▁and ▁its ▁prop ulsion ▁and ▁control ▁systems ▁were ▁provided ▁by ▁G low ack i ▁Engineering ▁of ▁Orange ▁Park , ▁F L . ▁The ▁Earth ▁Glo be ▁Bar ge ▁was ▁built ▁by ▁Sun ▁State ▁Marine ▁Services ▁in ▁Green ▁C ove ▁Spr ings , ▁F L ▁and ▁was ▁delivered ▁in ▁four ▁major ▁components ▁which ▁were ▁assemble d ▁on ▁site . ▁The ▁LED ▁video ▁display ▁was ▁run ▁by ▁a ▁Pent ium ▁II ▁server ▁running ▁Microsoft ▁Windows ▁ 9 5 / 8 ▁using ▁a ▁Serial ▁A TA ▁drive . ▁There ▁were ▁two ▁servers ▁constantly ▁running ▁the ▁same ▁programs ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁for ▁fail - safe ▁support . ▁If ▁one ▁went ▁down , ▁they ▁could ▁instantly ▁switch ▁to ▁the ▁other ▁server ▁which ▁pres umably ▁will ▁still ▁be ▁running . ▁The ▁video ▁control ▁software