Date   : Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:47:36 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Numbers of BBC and Master Computers Manufactured

jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston) wrote:
> Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:
> > >  o Reuters Board
> >
> > I'll bite... what's one of those then?
> 
> I'll take a photo of one of mine and put it on my website.  It's basically
> a BBC B+ on a customised motherboard with specialised additional hardware
> for stock market trading. Until a few years ago, whenever there was a
> picture on the TV news about the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, all those
> teminals in serried rows were Reuters Terminals - BBCs in a pretty box!
 
And here's the photo:
http://www.mdfs.net/Info/Comp/BBC/Hardware/pics/Reuters.jpg
 
The picture shows two Reuters boards.  Each board is essentially a BBC B+
with additional hardware. It mounts vertically in a rack system via one of
the Euro connectors and the socket board plugs into the other Euro
connector.
 
I suppose the next thing to do is get around to powering it up.  I'll do
an IC list and sketch up a block diagram of the system.
 
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