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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Student of Big Sky Blue Didn't the first forms of what we now call Command Control comeout in the late 70s? Dynatrol and Astrac I believe? Any of you old timers know? [/quote] Hornby and Airfix both came out with early DCC-style systems in the '70s/80's. Hornby made a system called Zero 1 that could address up to 16 locos and run up to 4 simultaneously, the Airfix system was known as Multi Train Control (I think, don't know much about the Airfix system). Zero 1 can still be found on eBay (I have a master unit on the way, cost me £10, now need some decoders). Both systems were single-manufacturer and were not compatible with any other system - they were a bit of a commercial disaster (though there is considerable evidence to suggest the "problems" with the Hornby system were due to people not reading the instructions and/or not taking their time to set it up properly - I spoke to the owner of my LHS this week, he recalled using Zero 1 on an exhibition layout and said that it worked very well, though he had got a friend of his with some electronic experience to wire it).
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