#: 19889 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    10-Apr-94  01:31:12
Sb: #19887-#Lost Souls
Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
To: Jay Truesdale 72176,3565

Jay,

Sure.  Mike and I (and Pete used to) work for a company which makes a system
designed to play Bingo, Poker, Pulltabs, Keno, Slots, and other casino gambling
games on video player terminals.  Basically, it's comprised of:

1. VME host computer (68040 with 4-8 MB RAM, 2MB battery-backed RAM [enough
room for about 10,000 accounts], several intelligent 68000-based I/O cards to
talk to the terminals, etc).

2. Normal text terminals with cash drawers and printers as cashier stations.

3  The player terminals themselves... currently 68000-based with a TI 34010
graphics processor, lots of I/O, and a VGA monitor with touchscreen.

There can be anywhere from a dozen to hundreds of these connected to the host.
You buy credits from the cashiers, then log onto the player terminal and play
the game(s) of your choice via the touchscreen.

The host runs OS-9;  future versions may have dual cpus, one running OS-9, the
other Unix.  The player terminals may also use OS-9 before long.

best - Kevin

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