comp

formation:

firm, 7

Manufactured by “inter-
national Mobile Data Inc. of
- Richmond, the new Universal
” Mobile
- Terminal (UMCT), as it is

ed, puts computer in-
iterally,
-driver’s fingertips.

This advanced mobile
terminal uses a technological
breakthrough announced by
MDI in November 1978. The
terminal is an_ intelligent
mobile unit.developed for the

rugged vehicular environ- ~

ments of police, fire,
ambulance, public utility,
service and delivery com-
panies, as well as taxi and

_urban transportation.

“In size, flexibility, speed

- and accuracy the terminal is

claimed to be substantially

Communications -

er terminal |

The. development of a’
:. remarkable new ‘computer
-* terminal that fits-under the
dashboard of a motor vehicle |
-was announced Monday by a
_ Lower mainland electronics

more advanced than any unit.

presently on the market. It

offers a 320-character display .

and can store up to six full
screen’ messages (pages),
plus ten pages of forms and
lists for immediate recall.

The data _ transmission

speed is 4800 baud. and _

employs a uniquely, powerful
error correction technique
‘which,

inanufacturer, results in an

aceording to the’

UMCT i is a totally enclosed, -

completely solid state unit, it

‘requires no additional logic

box or interface unit. We've
built it around the Z80—one
of the most advanced micro-
processors avatlable’’. He
added that another conveni-
ence feature is the user
choice of standard or custom
keyboard and nomenclature
suited to the application.

The formation of MDI is

INFORMATION at your
fingertips wherever you

drive -- the new dashboard-
mounted UMCT mini-
computer terniinal.

Department of Communi-

10. million full | screen
messages.

James 1. Martin of North
. Vancouver, MDI’s __ vice

president of marketing says:

.*In responding to the

demands of the market
place, MDI has developed a

tool which has applications in

public safety, utilities, taxis,
service and urban transit
organizations, in fact where-
ever a computer data link to
mobile resources is a
requirement’’.

‘Describing the terminal’s
features, Martin said: ‘“The

the result of the relationship
between government and
free enterprise. Studies
initiated by the public safety
community and co-ordinated
by the Federal Department
of Communications culmi-
nated with the identification

of a need for mobile data

terminals in the public safety
field.

This need was beyond the
normal utilization of MDT’s
in a computer-aided dispatch
environment
into the area of management
information systems. An
agreement

and reaches .

cations and free enterprise in

1975 was the seed required

to- bring to fruition a
‘technological achievement in
the design of mobile data

terminals that makes ‘their |

use feasible.

By bringing together radio
frequency’ and computer
disciplines, Martin said;
**MDI is able to take to the.

‘ marketplace the technology

that gives users reliable
UHF/VHF mobile data

communications’’.

First deliveries of the new
terminal are scheduled for
May 1979.

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