Processor from new Plessey division: A microprocessor unit developed by a new division within the Plessey empire, Plessey Microsystems of Towcester, Northants, is to be announced as a standard product within the next two months…

Travel ticket system for UK: The new Datasaab back-office system for handling accounts and ticketing for travel agents and tour operators, announced at the Hanover Fair, is now available in the UK. The system is built around a 32K-byte D5/20 minicomputer, and includes ticket and invoice printers, keyboard and display…

TV decoder from Texas: A decoder for building into television sets to enable them to receive Teletext transmissions has been announced by Texas Instruments. Experimental Teletex transmissions are currently being made by the BBC under the name Ceefax, and the IBA starts its experimental Oracle…

System will analyse ECG results: A system based on a minicomputer and designed to analyse electrocardiograms has been announced by Cambridge Medical Instruments. Known as Cortec, the system was jointly developed by CMI and Micro Computer Systems in collaboration with Glasgow Royal Infirmary under a contract from the Scottish department of the National Health Service…

Laser aids Chieftain tank’s gunnery: A Laser-Based system developed by Marconi Space and Defence Systems under a £2.5 million contract awarded by the Ministry of Defence for gun control on the Chieftain battle tank is now being tested by…

OCR data capture for £1,300: A complete OCR data capture system for as little as £1,300, something which would have been thought a ridiculous impossibility at one time, is now available and offered to a wide range of potential users by Senosa Ltd, which has (…)

Checking on defence equipment: The performance of a variety of military equipment under development by the Ministry of Defence is to be assessed and recorded with the aid of specialised database management software now in the final stages (…)

EMI-Scanner system for whole body: Following the worldwide success of the EMI-Scanner brain X-ray system, which has a current sales level of £25 million per annum, EMI is now to develop another computerised X-ray system for examination of all parts of (…)