User talk:Bp033

The item about Fabacus is a load of horse-shit - it is so full of factual errors that I cannot list here, but I'll try:

Fabacus (First Australian Bank's Accounting Computer Used in Sydney) was established in 1964: its establishment had nothing to do with the New Zealand operation and never did have. Its progression was anything but "gradual", by around 1968 there were more than 150 branches serviced by the system, as well as the staff records and salaries system for their 30,000+ staff, the Bank's share registry and provided IT support for all of the Bank's subsidiary companies. It also was the platform for Australia's first on-line real-time banking system, using its West Ryde NSW branch as its test site.

Whoever wrote the item about Fabacus obviously knew very little, if anything, about the subject matter.

I shall be happy to provide a factual version of the history of Fabacus, if asked to.

Brian Pymont

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