Date   : Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:44:00 +0000
From   : adsb@... (Andrew Benham)
Subject: Prestel

Steven John BASS wrote:

> Another similar machine to the Executel is the BT Merlin Tonto and the ICL
> OPD (one per Desk).  It too can function as a Prestel Terminal and this is
> what I used when I worked for BT.  I still have a working machine in my
> loft.

Ah, my memory has been playing tricks.  The STC Executel was nothing to
do with ICL: the Executel was obsoleted when STC bought ICL and the OPD
became available.  And it was the OPD that had involvement from Sir
Clive Sinclair.

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Andrew Benham         adsb@...       
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The gates in my computer are AND OR and NOT, not "Bill"