On 2016-Jan-15, at 4:58 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 01/15/2016 04:34 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
>
>> I'm guessing: are you mentioning BR here in relation to stock
>> exchanges - were they a major supplier for stock exchange data
>> services?
>
> Oh yes--look up "Telequote". I think that CHM has a few bits as well.
>
> A lot of caselaw was tied up in Telequote, but by the early 70s, nearly every
> stockbroker had a TQ terminal on his desk. BR was one of the first
> companies I bought stock in--the future was very clear to me at the time.
>
> I think most of the server gear for Telequote was IBM S/360 stuff, but I'm
> not certain my memory is accurate.
>
> Having a Telequote terminal would be akin to having a SABRE airline
> reservation terminal from the 60s.
In Italy even:
http://www.ebay.it/itm/Vintage-Bunker-Ramo-Corp-Telequote-III-Display-Station-Assembly-549211-Manual-/161829917688
I wonder if my modem may have been part of a Telequote installation.
