Very interesting concept for the time. I'd love to see the data format and transmission protocol, and also see if there was any protection against receiving false information from a bad actor wanting to manipulate markets. On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 11:21 AM Bob Roswell via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I was looking at the news and see that the Dow Jones was down 1000 points.
Brough back memories of Black Monday https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/stock-market-crash-of-1987 October 19, 1987
We were selling a device called a Lotus Signal From https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-13-fi-22723-story.html
"The Cambridge, Mass.-based computer software company, diversifying to escape its dependence on the popular software program 1-2-3, said buyers of Signal will be able to get financial information through a unique radio receiver and store it in a personal computer. Signal will cost $595 plus a monthly subscription fee of $125, which Lotus said is about one-fifth what it costs to get such information over leased telephone lines. The company said it will start shipping Signal on Oct. 1."
We had it set up in our ComputerLand showroom. There was a bug in the software - It was unable to cope with a triple digit change in a securities price (That day the Dow dropped 508 points.
I think I have one in inventory. Anyone up for building a FM transmitter t make our Lotus Signal work again?
Bob Roswell broswell@syssrc.com 410-771-5544 ext 4336
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