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    1980s/90s Computer based Arrival/Departure boards, pictures?

    There's a few details on this Acorn computer forum, discussing the Beeb version, a single board computer system and some of the newer stuff. Plus a traditional anti-pacer rant or two. https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=9217
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    1980s/90s Computer based Arrival/Departure boards, pictures?

    Thanks for the information folks. There's definitely 'generations' of display, ones that look beeblike, ones that look to have teletext resolutions but with smoother fonts, and finally ones that have the same style as earlier but with variable width fonts. Here are a couple of mockups I made on...
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    1980s/90s Computer based Arrival/Departure boards, pictures?

    I'm a bit of a retro computer fan, and the following picture shows a departure board having a bit of a bad day. It's showing an Acorn BBC Master computer failing to load its programme from disc. I was wondering if anyone has any photos of the system running? I own a BBC Master (and...

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