forgot to mention the year : old in 1984 [LWN.net]

forgot to mention the year : old in 1984

Posted Apr 27, 2006 11:07 UTC (Thu) by macc (subscriber, #510)
In reply to: What about full-size trains controllers as prior art by macc
Parent article: The JMRI Project and software patents

i.e. it was already shoved in the corner then because
the institute had moved on to air traffic control

In Germnay starting in the 80ties you could buy a lot of
modular digital control stuff for modelrailroads from
Märklin and Fleischmann and probably some others

Magazines like Elektor or ELV probably had project
in that direction as well. I will have to look this up.

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forgot to mention the year : old in 1984

Posted May 4, 2006 15:47 UTC (Thu) by arcticwolf (guest, #8341) [Link]

I also recall reading about a system that allowed you to use your computer to control your model railroad in a Märklin catalogue - this must've been in the early 90s. I'm not a model railroad fan myself anymore, but if somebody else still has those catalogues or can find them on eBay, it might be worth looking into.