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105 Dual booster brakes



In AD V8 #1130, Bob Wilkinson said:
>Perhaps this should be off-list, but mayby I'm not the only ignorant one.
>What is the reason for the RHD dual booster systems?  I've seen pictures,
>and have assumed that some space limitation prevents a booster in its usual
>place--behind the dual MC.  How does it work?  Is there one MC, feeding
>hydraulic fluid to two boosters?  Or a dual MC, one to each booster?  I'm
>assuming that the boosters are hydraulic-in, hydraulic-out, not mechanical
>in/out like ordinary ones??  

I'd submit that this is exactly the kind of discussion that should NOT go
off list.  My supposition is that the complex dual booster system was
essentially a stopgap measure for use on models destined for relatively
limited production.  
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