| Electron User 1.08 May 1984 |
BT Sign Electron Boards Contract
ACORN has signed a "cast iron" contract with British Telecom guaranteeing the delivery of several thousand Electron boards by the second half of this year. They are to be incorporated into the new Merlin Healthnet Workshop which, although still under wraps, is set to be marketed later this year. Designed to provide an electronic mail link between health centres and local hospitals, the workstation is already generating considerable interest within the health industry. "We selected the Electron board because of its suitability and price, and the fact it has a real keyboard," a BT spokesman told Electron User. Asked how they could be assured of deliveries while Acorn still had a backlog of more than 200,000 orders for the Electron to be filled, the BT spokesman replied: "We have an absolutely cast iron contract with Acorn which guarantees us delivery..." |
