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   It was something of a coincidence that on Friday, not only did I receive an update in an email for The Unmutual website regarding the electronic FREE INFORMATION board seen in both 'Arrival' and 'Free For All,' but also an email from my good friend Arno regarding the 'Directomat,' which the above information board is heavily based upon. You can read more about this via the following link.
http://www.theunmutual.co.uk/

  Pictured here "Sixteen year old Christine Andrews is the first person to use an 'instant information' machine call 'Directomat' at Victoria station. The machine gives answers to the 120 most often asked questions at the enquiry desk."
http://www.gettyimages.ch/detail/foto/railway-directomat-stock-fotografie/JC5228-001

   Pictured above is actress Tina Louise demonstrating the 'Directomat' at Penn station in New York on October 20th 1966.

    I have myself researched a number of devices used in 'the Prisoner,' some of which have not been identified before. And yet I have to admit that in the past I have simply taken the electronic FREE INFORMATION board for granted, I never questioned it once, but simply accepted it for what it was in 'the Prisoner.' I never once questioned that it might have been based on something used in the everyday world prior to the production of 'the Prisoner.' And that's not an easy thing to admit, as I should have questioned the device. So I am obliged to both The Unmutual and my good friend Arno for having drawn my attention to this 'Directomat,' a device I had never seen let alone heard of before. Purely as a fan of 'the Prisoner' I found it quite fascinating, and demonstrates that even after 47 years there is still something new to be discovered about 'the Prisoner.

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