In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:


The company that does much of the on screen graphics for ITV game shows
like the Vault and Millionaire still uses Acorn RPCs with their own
interfaces. Or did last time I worked on one of these.

Reasons given - it works. Is reliable. And not the same chance of having
things nicked - as would be the case if it were posh PC laptops. Perhaps
they'll change when HDTV comes along.

You mean they'll get an Iyonix? :-)

Slainte,

Jim

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