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Re: CityRail announcements

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: CityRail announcements
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 01:25:57 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
References: <6pp3c6$ttb$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

pmccabe@my-dejanews.com wrote:

> Does anyone know how the new digital announcement systems being installed
> around the CityRail network differ from those previously installed?

The old system was cartridge based, and a three digit number was dialled up to
play a certain announcement.  The new system runs from a PC running Windows NT.
The new system allows stations to make their own announcements, using the word
library.

> Will this new system become standard at
> all stations?

 All CityRail stations now have the new "DVA" computers.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

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