Date   : Fri, 02 Dec 2005 21:36:18 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Order of Acorn Computers?

Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:
> BT also used BBC B's in their phone exchanges at one point. More than likely
> they were stock machines, but I haven't been able to confirm whether BT did
 
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange used BBC Bs and Compacts as stock
exchange terminals. If you look carefully at some stock footage of
the exchange floor you can just make them out.
 
The Hong Kong Oceanographic Institute used networks of BBCs to
monitor and process signal data from a huge scale model of Hong
Kong harbour.
 
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