Date   : Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:36:59 -0500
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: weird places that BBC micros could

Richard Kilpatrick wrote:
>> The Merlin Tonto was a BT Badging of the ICL 'One Per Desk' a  
>> redesigned QL, built by ICL.
>>
>> Not compatible with anything (including the original QL!)
> 
> I've got one of those I'm about to stick on eBay due to lack of  
> space.

They seem common as dirt, unfortunately :(  Adrian Graham seems something of 
an expert on them, and I know one of the local council officials back when I 
was living in Cambridge had something to do with the firmware development (in 
a previous life!)

Indeed it was a OPD rebranding - I'd forgotten that the OPD came first, rather 
than it being the other way round.

> Merlin branding was used on Electrons for Interflora, though  
> (that one Chris mentions) and some other things IIRC.

Yep, hence the Q. about the Merlin bit. I know I had a pair of 9600 baud 
'industrial' BT modems once upon a time that were branded Merlin, too.

cheers

Jules