Woah, and a #VAX based #totalisator "Atlas 2000" in the 1980s.
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Later, the "Brisbane computer based #totalisator" was running on a #PDP11 running #RSX11M in two mobile vans/trailers, each one hosting a twin PDP11 running in hot standby mode.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/tote.htm#memories
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totalisator history - A world first - Timelines - Brisbane computer project
Early totalizator installations conducted by Automatic Totalisators plus history of the first computer based on course totalisator in Brisbane Australia
TIL the term "automatic #totalisator" - early transactional (electro-)mechanical parallel computation machine used at horse races to calculate biddings in the 1920s.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/index.html#index
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Totalizator ( Totalisator ) History - A World's First - Index
The invention of the world's first automatic totalisator by Sir George Julius in 1913 and Automatic Totalisators Limited the company he founded
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